GLUTEN


Meaning of GLUTEN in English

/glooht"n/ , n.

1. the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.

2. Archaic. glue or a gluey substance.

[ 1590-1600; gluten glue ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .