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GLIADIN: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gli"a*din\, n. [Gr. ? glue: cf. F. gliadine.] (Chem.)
Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the
constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous
substance, which resembles animal glue or gelatin.
 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A protein which is present in wheat flour. It is a component of gluten and, together with the protein glutelin, helps make bread porous and spongy after baking.
 

 

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