a sticky substance that is a mixture of two proteins and is left when starch is removed from flour, especially wheat flour 谷蛋白;面筋 We sell a range of gluten-free products (= not containing gluten). 我们出售各种无谷蛋白产品。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting ‘protein from animal tissue’): via French from Latin, literally ‘glue’.