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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as {Inula}, {Helianthus}, {Campanula}, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also {dahlin}, {helenin}, {alantin}, etc. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[icr]n), n. [From {Dahlia}.] (Chem.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also {inulin}. See {Inulin}. | |
