Pec"tic (?), a. [Gr. curdled.] Chem.
Of or pertaining to pectin; specifically, designating an acid obtained from ordinary vegetable jelly (pectin) as an amorphous substance, tough and horny when dry, but gelatinous when moist.
© Webster 1913.
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