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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to diastase; possessing the properties of diastase: as, a diastatic ferment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Physiol. Chem.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.

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  • adjective Having germinated, resulting in the presence of enzymes that convert starch into sugar.

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