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noun
(also ve tsin)
Monosodium glutamate, as used in Chinese cookery.
Origin
1920s. From the Chinese (Wu: Shanghai) equivalent of Mandarin wèijīng (from wèi taste, flavour + jīng essence, extract), apparently influenced in pronunciation by the Mandarin form.
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