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dextrin

Dextrin is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter N for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A translucent gummy amorphous substance nearly tasteless and odorless used as a substitute for gum for sizing etc. and obtained from starch by the action of heat acids or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum Alsace gum gommelin leiocome etc. See Achroodextrin and Erythrodextrin.

Syllable Information

The word dextrin is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for dextrin is: dex-trin


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