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sericin

sericin noun: a water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.

Noun

sericin (countable and uncountable, plural sericins)

  1. A water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.
    • Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together.2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 16

Forms of sericin

pluralsericins

Origin of sericin

From a derivative of Latin sēricus.

Questions about sericin

What does sericin mean?
Sericin means a water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.
What part of speech is sericin?
Sericin is a noun.
What is the plural of sericin?
The plural of sericin is sericins.

Words near sericin in the dictionary

  1. sericiculture
  2. sericiculturist
  3. sericiculturists
  4. sericigenic
  5. sericigenous
  6. sericin
  7. sericins
  8. sericious
  9. sericite
  10. sericites
  11. sericitic

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