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Inulin

IN'ULIN

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Noun.
A peculiar vegetable principle extracted from the Inula helenium, or elecampane.

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inulin

inulin

English

Noun

inulin (usually uncountable, plural inulins)

  1. (biochemistry) a polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of certain plants, especially the Compositae; it is mostly a polymer of fructose

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