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papain

papain noun: a proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.

Noun

papain (countable and uncountable, plural papains)

  1. A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.

papain meaning in Tamil

papain in Tamil

பப்பேயின், பாப்பாயின்

Forms of papain

pluralpapains

Origin of papain

Attested since the late 1800s. From papaya + -in.

Words formed from papain

Questions about papain

What does papain mean?
Papain means a proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.
What is papain in Tamil?
Papain in Tamil is பப்பேயின், பாப்பாயின். See Papain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is papain?
Papain is a noun.
What is the plural of papain?
The plural of papain is papains.

Words near papain in the dictionary

  1. papaha
  2. papahas
  3. papahood
  4. papaia
  5. papaias
  6. papain
  7. papainase
  8. papains
  9. papaitan
  10. papaji
  11. papajis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papain (page history and authors); papain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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