chief constituent
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The laboratory-born resins, chief constituent of the new plastic glues, set like concrete, are impervious to weather or bacterial attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ebola attacks connective tissue with particular ferocity; it multiplies in collagen, the chief constituent protein of the tissue that holds the organs together.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
As proteid is the chief constituent of protoplasm, it is regarded as the specific physical basis of life, and life is looked upon as the sum of its functions.
From Naturalism And Religion by Otto, Rudolf
Stearine, stē′a-rīn, n. one of the fats occurring in animals and plants, the chief constituent of the more solid fats, such as mutton suet.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
In cereals it is found to the extent of 72 to 76 per cent; in rice and potatoes in still larger amounts; and it is the chief constituent of many vegetables.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Snyder, Harry
