sericin

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

A water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre.

Sericin in a sentence

Processing the harvested cocoons begins with grading and then boiling them in soapy water to soften the sericin that binds the fibers together.

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