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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A transparent gelatinous acid, C17H24O16, insoluble in water, formed by the hydrolysis of certain esters of pectin.

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  1. n. an acidic derivative of a carbohydrate; the active constituent of pectin
  2. n. chemistry a helical polymer of αD-galacturonic acid

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  1. n. a complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetables

Etymologies

  1. French pectique, related to pectin, from Greek pēktikos, coagulating, from pēktos, coagulated; see pectin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. parapectic
  1. amylobacterium
  1. pectinesterase
  1. pectate

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