amidin

American

[am-i-din] / ˈæm ɪ dɪn /

noun

the soluble matter of starch.

Etymology

Origin of amidin

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

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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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