Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A salt or an ester of pectic acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A salt of pectic acid.

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  • noun chemistry A salt of pectic acid.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[pect(ic acid) + –ate.]

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pectic +‎ -ate

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Examples

  • This is a truly versatile vegetable and an excellent source of vitamins B and C as well as calcium pectate, an extraordinary pectin fibre that has been found to have cholesterol-lowering properties.

    Revisiting the old: Carrot Halva Jyothsna 2009

  • This is a truly versatile vegetable and an excellent source of vitamins B and C as well as calcium pectate, an extraordinary pectin fibre that has been found to have cholesterol-lowering properties.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Jyothsna 2009

  • Carrots contain calcium pectate, a type of soluble fiber shown to reduce blood-cholesterol levels.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots contain calcium pectate, a type of soluble fiber shown to reduce blood-cholesterol levels.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots contain calcium pectate, a type of soluble fiber shown to reduce blood-cholesterol levels.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Carrots contain calcium pectate, a type of soluble fiber shown to reduce blood-cholesterol levels.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • The role of pectate lyase and the jasmonic acid defense response in

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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