See Also: thaumatin(medicine)
thaumatin(dictionary)

thaumatin (iou)



thaumatin noun. L20.
[from mod. Latin Thaumat(ococcus (see below), formed as THAUMATO- + COCCUS: see -IN1.]
Biochemistry. A sweet-tasting protein isolated from the fruit of the African plant Thaumatococcus daniellii (family Marantaceae).