pectic

American  

[pek-tik] / ˈpɛk tɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to pectin.

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Etymology

Origin of pectic

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

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pectic

As the names indicate, the non-cellulose component in the first group is lignin; in the second, pectic substances; and in the third, fats or waxes.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

Amino-acids Amines and CO2             V. Coagulation enzymes Pectase Coagulates pectic bodies ........

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

The characteristic constituent of unripe fruit, however, is pectose, an element insoluble in water, but which, as maturation proceeds, is transformed into pectic and pectosic acids.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg

Other enzymes, known as "pectinases," which coagulate the soluble pectins or pectic acids into insoluble jellies in the tissues of the plants seem to aid the plant in resisting the penetration by the parasite.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

It is eaten under the name of “Tuckahoe” in the United States, and as it consists almost entirely of pectic acid, it is sometimes used in the manufacture of jelly.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke

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