Definition of Pectinaceous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pectinaceous

pecten analis
pecten band
pectenitis
pectenosis
pectenotoxin
pectenotoxins
pectens
pectic acid
pectic acids
pectin
pectin lyase
pectin sugar
pectinaceous (current term)
pectinacetylesterase
pectinal
pectinals
pectinase
pectinases
pectinate
pectinate fibres
pectinate ligaments of iridocorneal angle
pectinate ligaments of iris
pectinate line
pectinate muscles
pectinate zone
pectinated
pectinately

Literary usage of Pectinaceous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"THE pectinaceous ALIMENTARY PRINCIPLE. (Vegetable Jelly.) Jelly is of two kinds—animal and vegetable. The first has for its base animal gelatine, ..."

2. A Treatise on Food and Diet: With Observations on the Dietetical Regimen by Jonathan Pereira (1843)
"... both of which substances I include under the denomination of the pectinaceous Alimentary Principle. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1844)
"Under the head pectinaceous alimentary principle, Dr Pereira includes pectine and pectic acid, as well as that vegeto-gelatinous substance carrageen, ..."

4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"In the case of a long series of other substances, many colouring matters, acids, alkaloids, wax, tannin, pectinaceous substances, &c., no relation to the ..."

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