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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Zein  \Ze"in\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  z['e]["i]ne.  See  {Zea}.]  (Chem.) 
  A  nitrogenous  substance  of  the  nature  of  gluten,  obtained 
  from  the  seeds  of  Indian  corn  ({Zea})  as  a  soft,  yellowish, 
  amorphous  substance.  [Formerly  written  {zeine}.] 

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