Emulsin: Definition and part of speech

Emulsin

  1. n. An unorganized ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides.
  2. n. The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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