Sericin Definition

sĕrĭ-sĭn
noun
A resinous, amorphous substance that bonds the two gossamer filaments in a raw silk fiber.
Webster's New World

Origin of Sericin

  • Latin sēricus silken serge1 –in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sericin Sentence Examples

  • Silk fibre consists essentially of a centre or core of fibroin, with a covering of sericin or silk albumen, and a little waxy and colouring matter.

  • All silk produced by the worm is composed of two substancesfibroin, the true thread, and sericin, which is a hard, gummy coating of the " fibroin."

  • Silk fibre (see Fibres) consists essentially of a centre or core of fibroin, with a covering of sericin or silk albumen, and a little waxy and colouring matter.

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