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noun
Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams.
is a specific kind of: cellulose.
is contained in: Kaopectate.
derivation: pectic.
Dutch: pectinePolish: pektyna
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