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Gluten

Gluten Meaning & Definition
Gluten Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gluten?

[n] a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gluten:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gluten: albumen | batter | bonnyclabber | butter | clabber | cornstarch | cream | curd | dough | egg white | gaum | gel | gelatin | glair | glop | glue | goo | gook | goop | gruel | gumbo | gunk | jam | jell | jelly | loblolly | molasses | mucilage | mucus | pap | paste | porridge | pudding | pulp | puree | putty | rob | semifluid | semiliquid | size | soup | starch | sticky mess | syrup | treacle

See Also | corn gluten | protein | wheat gluten

Gluten In Webster's Dictionary

\Glu"ten\, n. [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See {Glue}.] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. Note: Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and ia a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. {Gluten bread}, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes. {Gluten casein} (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. {Gluten fibrin} (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance.

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