English Explanatory Dictionary

amidin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Word forms

amidin amidins

Etymology

Borrowed from French amidine, from amido (“starch”), from Latin amylum.

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