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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a class of simple proteins soluble in alcohol and usually having a high proline and glutamine content, found in the grains of cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See the extract.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of a group of plant storage proteins, that have a high proline content, found in cereals

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[prol(ine) + am(monia) + –in.]

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