pectic

[ pek-tik ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to pectin.

Origin of pectic

1
1825–35; <Greek pēktikós congealing, equivalent to pēkt(ós) congealed (verbid of pēgnýnai to fix in, make solid) + -ikos-ic

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