gliadin or gliadine (ˈɡlaɪədɪn, ˈɡlaɪəˌdiːn, -dɪn) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| Compare glutelin a protein of cereals, esp wheat, with a high proline content: forms a sticky mass with water that binds flour into dough | |
| [C19: from Italian gliadina, from Greek glia glue] | |
| gliadine or gliadine | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Italian gliadina, from Greek glia glue] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
gliadin gli·a·din (glī'ə-dĭn)
n.
Any of a class of simple proteins separable from wheat and rye glutens.