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Meaning of EMULSIN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E*mul"sin\, n. [See {Emulsion}, {Emulge}.] (Chem.)
(a) The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. [R.]
(b) An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in
    other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition
    of certain glucosides.
 
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