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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pec·tin /ˈpɛktən/
 膠質

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pec·tin /ˈpɛktən/ 名詞
 粘膠質,果膠

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 pec·tin n.  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.  It is commonly used in making fruit jelllies.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pectin
      n : any of various water-soluble colloidal carbohydrates that
          occur in ripe fruit and vegetables; used in making fruit
          jellies and jams