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Definition of dahlin
dahlin 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. It
is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called
also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc.
Dahlin 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.