amidin

[am-i-din]

noun

1. the soluble matter of starch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amidin¹

1825–35; < Medieval Latin amid ( um ) starch (alteration of Latin amylum; amyl ) + -in ²

Example Sentences

Starch has been described above as consisting of a multitude of little cells or vesicles, having an envelope, insoluble in water, formed of a kind of organized membrane, and containing within it a substance which is soluble in water, termed amidin.

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