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den·tin

(dĕn′tĭn) or den·tine (-tēn′)

The main, calcareous part of a tooth, beneath the enamel and surrounding the pulp chamber and root canals.

den′tin·al (dĕn′tə-nəl, dĕn-tē′-) adj.

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den•tin

(ˈdɛn tn, -tɪn)

also den•tine

(-tin)

n.

the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.

[1830–40; < Latin dent-, s. of dēns tooth + -in¹]

den′tin•al, adj.

den·tin

(dĕn′tĭn)

The main bony part of a tooth beneath the enamel, surrounding the pulp chamber and root canals.

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Noun	1.	dentin - a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth dentine animal material - material derived from animals ivory, tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
	2.	dentin - bone (calcified tissue) surrounding the pulp cavity of a tooth dentine bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

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dentine

den·tin

n. dentina, marfil dentario, tejido calcificado de un diente.

dentin

n dentina

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A few of my favorite, local, easy-to-identify, edible and delicious mushroom species include the wood hedge hog (Dentinum repandum), hen of the woods (Polypilus frondosus) often on old tree stumps and mature oak stands; sulphur shelf or chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) growing on stumps and trunks; Boletus pictus (under white pines); Suillus granulatus (usually under white pines); Boletus edulis (under conifers); and the coral mushrooms - Clavaria cinerea, under pines.