Definition of Arabin

1. n. A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.

Definition of Arabin

1. the essential chemical within gum arabic [n -S]

Medical Definition of Arabin

1. 1. A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance. 2. Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabin

arabesques
arabia
arabic
arabic acid
arabica
arabicas
arabicization
arabicizations
arabicize
arabicized
arabicizes
arabicizing
arabidopsis
arabilities
arability
arabin (current term)
arabinan
arabinans
arabinitol
arabinoadenosine
arabinocytidine
arabinofuranose
arabinofuranoses
arabinofuranosidase
arabinofuranoside
arabinofuranosides
arabinofuranosyladenine
arabinofuranosylcytosine
arabinofuranosylcytosine triphosphate
arabinofuranosyluracil

Literary usage of Arabin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (1906)
"The world also thought that Mr. arabin was, in his own estimation, ... The case of Mr. arabin was the more singular, as he belonged to a branch of the ..."

2. Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 by Robert Walsh (1830)
"Captain arabin had met, while on the coast, one of these atrocious vessels. ... Captain arabin could find no pretext to interfere with the captain on the ..."

3. Bench and Bar: Reminiscences of One of the Last of an Ancient Race by Benjamin Coulson Robinson (1891)
"... Interpreter—The Oxford Circuit—Serjeant Ballantine's Reminiscences—Serjeant arabin—A Discreditable state of Things—The Clerks of the Court—The Drinking ..."

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