Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of various gelatinous gums, derivatives of alginic acid, derived from marine brown algae and used especially as emulsifiers or thickeners.

More definitions
  • a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier

Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: algins
Singularalgin
Pluralalgins

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier:alginic acid

Word family

3 related words

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