cydonin
English
Etymology
Cydonia + -in
Noun
cydonin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince ( oblonga), regarded as a variety of amylose.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 cydonin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)