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Rennet Definition And Meaning
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.

Rennet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rennet?

[n] a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket

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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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