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20 answers for: ___ acid, one that occurs in over-ripe fruit (6)
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PECTIC____ acid, one that occurs in over-ripe fruit (6)
MEDLARMespilus germanica, small whiteflowered tree with fruit best eaten over-ripe (6)
TARTARIC____ acid, one that is found in bananas and grapes (8)
SQUASHYSaid of a fruit that is over-ripe, perhaps (7)
OXALIC____ acid, one with a sour taste that is present in rhubarb leaves (6)
CITRIC____ acid, one found naturally in lemons and limes (6)
TANNIC___ acid, one found in nutgalls formed by insects on some oak trees (6)
PECTINCarbohydrate in ripe fruit that helps jams and jellies to set (6)
NIACINA vitamin of the B complex that occurs in tuna, liver, yeast, etc, also called nicotinic acid (6)
STARCHCarbohydrate that occurs in all green plants (6)
GLUTENInsoluble protein that occurs in wheat (6)
ALKALISoluble mineral salt that occurs in arid soils and some natural waters (6)
FASCIADense fibrous tissue that occurs in sheets beneath the skin and between muscles (6)
ADVENTPeriod of preparation for celebrating Jesus's birth that occurs in December (6)
LAMMASPagan festival of Celtic origin also called Lughnasadh that occurs in August (6)
RENNINEnzyme that occurs in gastric juice and causes milk to coagulate (6)
OCTANEOrganic compound that occurs in petroleum (6)
GRAPESOpens mouth to eat first of ripe fruit (6)
AURORALuminous phenomenon that occurs in high latitudes in both hemispheres; also known as the northern or southern lights
MELLOWRipe (fruit)