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PECTIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pectic acid mean? 

PECTIC ACID (noun)
  The noun PECTIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetablesplay

  Familiarity information: PECTIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PECTIC ACID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A complex acid that occurs in ripe fruit and some vegetables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pectic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)


 Context examples 


Aloe vera gel contains carbohydrate polymers, such as glucomannans or pectic acid, and various vitamins and essential amino acids, as well as other organic and inorganic compounds.

(Aloe Vera Gel, NCI Thesaurus)



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