Definition for GLI'A-DINE

GLI'A-DINE, n. [Gr. γλια, glue.]

One of the constituents of gluten, a slightly transparent, brittle substance, of a straw-yellow color, having a slight smell, similar to that of honeycomb. Ure. Berzelius has decided that gliadine is nothing but pure gluten.

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