Found 2 items, similar to pectin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pectin pectin n : any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pectin Pectin \Pec"tin\, n. [Gr. ? curdled, congealed, from ? to make fast or stiff: cf. F. pectine.] (Chem.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly , found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling. [1913 Webster]