About The Word Rennet
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Rennet
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What's The Definition Of Rennet?
[n] a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rennet: Related Terms | Find terms related to Rennet: See Also | chymosin | organic compound | rennin Rennet In Webster's Dictionary \Ren"net\ (r?n"n?t), n. [F. rainette, reinette, perhaps
fr. raine a tree frog, L. rana, because it is spotted like
this kind of frog. Cf. {Ranunculus}.] (Bot.)
A name of many different kinds of apples. Cf. {Reinette}.
--Mortimer.
\Ren"net\, n. [AS. rinnan, rennan, to run, cf. gerinnan to curdle, coagulate. [root]11. See {Run}, v.] The inner, or mucous, membrane of the fourth stomach of the calf, or other young ruminant; also, an infusion or preparation of it, used for coagulating milk. [Written also {runnet}.] {Cheese rennet}. (Bot.) See under {Cheese}. {Rennet ferment} (Physiol. Chem.), a ferment, present in rennet and in variable quantity in the gastric juice of most animals, which has the power of curdling milk. The ferment presumably acts by changing the casein of milk from a soluble to an insoluble form. {Rennet stomach} (Anat.), the fourth stomach, or abomasum, of ruminants. |
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