fibroin

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Noun
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fi=bro=in

CIDE DICTIONARY

fibroinn. [L. fibra a fiber.].
     A variety of gelatin; the chief ingredient of raw silk, extracted as a white amorphous mass.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fibroin, n. a protein which is the chief constituent of silk.

Etymology
FIBRO- + -IN

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