gluten

Meanings

Plural: glutens

Noun

• a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
• Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
• Any gluey, sticky substance.
• The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
• A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.

Related Words

gluta-, glutamic, glutinaceous, glutinous