miraculin en · NOUN
Etymology
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Meanings
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(uncountable) A glycoprotein extracted from a miracle berry, and used as a natural sugar substitute.
The cause of the reaction is a protein called miraculin, which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids, according to a scientist who has studied the fruit, Linda Bartoshuk at the University of Florida’s Center for Smell and Taste. Dr. Bartoshuk said she did not know of any dangers associated with eating miracle fruit.
2008 May 28, Patrick Farrell, Kassie Bracken, “A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue”, in New York Times:
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it miracolina (Translations)