English Explanatory Dictionary

degumming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The removal of gum from a material, especially the removal of sericin from silk or phospholipids etc. from vegetable oils.

Word forms

degumming

Etymology

From degum + -ing.

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