HyperDic: pectin

English > 1 sense of the word *pectin*:
NOUN	substance	pectin	any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables

pectin > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'ktahn; peh'ktihn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...
Rhymes	Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn...

English > *pectin*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	Any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit jellies and jams.
Broader	cellulose	A polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant ... / plant tissues and fibers
Substance of	Kaopectate	trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient
Spanish	pectina
Catalan	pectina
Adjectives	pectic	of or relating to or derived from pectin