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Legumin

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of globulins, resembling casein, found mostly in legumes and grains. countable, uncountable

    "1843, Dumas, Cahours, On the Neutral Nitrogenous Matters of Organisation, Charles Watt, John Watt (editors), The Chemist, Volume 4 (Volume 1 of New Series), page 51, By evaporation, a substance of a gummy appearance, susceptible of redissolving in water, is obtained, and which possesses the composition of legumin, as is shown by the following numbers:"

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From French légumine; equivalent to legume + -in.

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