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noungliadin (countable and uncountable, plural gliadins)
plural gliadins
- countableuncountableA minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.
2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBNSynonyms: glutin
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nounA minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
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Catalan gliadina
- gliadinaminor protein in wheat
French gliadine
- gliadineminor protein in wheat
German Gliadin
- Gliadinminor protein in wheat
Spanish gliadina
- gliadinaminor protein in wheat
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gliadin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliadin
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“gliadin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliadin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gliadin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliadin.
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