Uk English Meaning of pectin

pectin

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Wordnet

pectin (n)

any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams

Webster

pectin (n.)

One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

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pectin

any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jamsOne of a series of carbohydra

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pectic acid => Pectic acid, pectic => pectic, pecten magellanicus => Scallop, pecten irradians => Bay scallop, pecten => scallop,