dahlin

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dahlin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the
     elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.)
     A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in
     the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other
     plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is
     extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline
     substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric,
     having fructose units in place of most of the glucose units.
     It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar, and
     replaces starch as the reserve food in Compositae. Called
     also dahlin, helenin, alantin, alant starch, etc.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

  Dahlin \Dah"lin\ (d[aum]"l[i^]n), n. [From Dahlia.] (Chem.)
     A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also
     inulin. See Inulin.
     [1913 Webster]