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Definition of: inulin
(in′yə·lin) noun Biochem.
A white, amorphous, soluble polysaccharide, C6H10O5, isomeric with starch, and occurring in the underground parts of some composite plants such as the dahlia, the dandelion, and the elecampane: it yields a fructose on hydrolysis. [<L inula elecampane + -IN]
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