Bible Dictionaries
Betaine
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; - called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of
BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Betaine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/betaine.html. 1828.