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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
zein /ˈziːɪn/

▶noun the principal protein of maize.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Zea (genus name of maize) + -in1.

'zein' also found in these Oxford entries:

azeotrope - zeolite

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