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  1. 1. n. A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. Source: opted
  2. 2. A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. Note: The name is more particularly applied to that ferment formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic ferment contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva. Source: webster
  3. 3. A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starchand dextrin into sugar. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. A soluble, nitrogenous ferment, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. Source: ecdict

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