Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amorphous compound, C32H48O32, formed by boiling pectin a long time with water. It acts in all respects like pectin, except that it is precipitated by lead acetate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A gelatinous modification of pectin.
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- noun chemistry, archaic A
gelatinous substance made byboiling pectin .
Etymologies
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para- + pectin
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