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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several plant proteins or glycoproteins that bind to the sugar molecules of glycoproteins and glucolipids on the surfaces of cells, used to stimulate lymphocyte proliferation and agglutinate red blood cells.

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  • noun biochemistry Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

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  • noun any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin lēctus, past participle of legere, to select; see select + –in.]

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From Latin lectus +‎ -in.

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