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Webster 1913 Edition
Levulin
Lev′u-lin
(lĕv′ū̍-lĭn)
, Noun.
(Chem.)
A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose.
[Written also
lævulin
.]