Crossword-Solution: LEGUMIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Legumin | n. | An albuminous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain-bearing plants. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LEGUMIN | anagram | GUMLINE |
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| Globulin | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with LEGUMIN (5)
The other quaternary compounds performing the same functions as albumen--the gluten of cereals, the fibrin of blood, the casein of cheese and the legumin of chickpeas--undergo a similar modification, in varying degrees.
Perhaps the contents of the cells are protected (as Schiff remarks with respect to legumin) by the walls being formed of cellulose, and that until these are ruptured by boiling-water, but little of the contained albuminous matter is dissolved.
Legumin.—I did not procure this substance in a separate state; but there can hardly be a doubt that it would be easily digested, judging from the powerful effect produced by drops of a decoction of green peas, as described in the last chapter.
Syntonin and legumin excite the leaves so powerfully and quickly that there can hardly be a doubt that both would be dissolved by the secretion.
One of these proteins is sometimes called _vegetable albumin_, but the chief protein of vegetables containing the largest amount of this substance, namely, beans, peas, and lentils, is called _legumin_, from the term _legumes_, the name of this class of vegetables.