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protopectin

noun pro·to·pec·tin \-ˈpek-tən\

Medical Definition of PROTOPECTIN

:  any of a group of water-insoluble pectic substances occurring in plants and yielding pectin or pectinic acids on hydrolysis—called also pectose

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