an insoluble carbohydrate found in the cell walls of unripe fruit that is converted to pectin by enzymic processes
pectose in American English
(ˈpektous)
noun
Biochemistry
protopectin
Word origin
[1855–60; pect(ic) + -ose2]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, output, pipeline, specialist-ose is a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates(amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose)