arabin
English
Alternative forms
Noun
arabin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, dated) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic.
- (dated) Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
Translations
a carbohydrate found in gum arabic
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for arabin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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