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zein

zein noun: a protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.

Noun

zein (countable and uncountable, plural zeins)

  1. A protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.

zein meaning in Urdu and Kannada

zein in Urdu

مکئی سے نکلی حیاتین

zein in Kannada

ಜೋಳ ಪ್ರೋಟೀನು

Forms of zein

pluralzeins

Origin of zein

From translingual Zea (“corn genus”) + -in.

Questions about zein

What does zein mean?
Zein means a protein derived from corn/maize, having many industrial applications.
What is zein in Urdu?
Zein in Urdu is مکئی سے نکلی حیاتین. See Zein meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is zein?
Zein is a noun.
What is the plural of zein?
The plural of zein is zeins.

Words near zein in the dictionary

  1. zeilanite
  2. Zeiler
  3. Zeilers
  4. Zeimet
  5. Zeimets
  6. zein
  7. Zeinab
  8. Zeineb
  9. Zeiner
  10. Zeiners
  11. zeinoxanthin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zein (page history and authors); zein (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zein (Kannada 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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