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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
bromelain
 
SYLLABICATION:bro·me·lain
PRONUNCIATION:  brm-ln, -ln
VARIANT FORMS: also bro·me·lin (-ln)
NOUN: A proteolytic enzyme obtained from pineapples.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin Bromel(ia), former pineapple genus; see bromeliad + (pap)ain.
 
 
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