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sericins

sericins is the plural of sericin.

Meaning of sericin

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

Questions about sericins

What is sericins the plural of?
Sericins is the plural of sericin.

Words near sericins in the dictionary

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

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