Associations to the word «Papain»

Wiktionary

PAPAIN, noun. (enzyme) A proteolytic enzyme in papaya fruit which can be used to tenderize meat.

Dictionary definition

PAPAIN, noun. A proteolytic enzyme obtained from the unripe papaya; used as a meat tenderizer.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope