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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a milk protein used in making e.g. plastics and adhesives
2: a water-base paint made with a protein precipitated from milk [syn: casein paint, casein]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably from French caséine, from Latin caseus cheese Date: 1841 a phosphoprotein of milk: as a. one that is precipitated from milk by heating with an acid or by the action of lactic acid in souring and is used in making paints and adhesives b. one that is produced when milk is curdled by rennet, is the chief constituent of cheese, and is used in making plastics

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the main protein in milk, esp. in coagulated form as in cheese. Etymology: L caseus cheese

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Casein Ca"se*in, n. [Cf. F. cas['e]ine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. Cheese.] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kingdom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.]