Gluten
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noun


(1)   A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
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Noun



  1. Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 147:
      The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it [...].
  2. The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
 
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