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protopectin

[ proh-tuh-pek-tin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. any of the class of water-insoluble pectic substances that are found in the rind of citrus fruits or in apple peels and that are hydrolyzed to pectin or pectic acid.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of protopectin1

First recorded in 1905–10; proto- + pectin

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