{i} any of a number of plant proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates (Biochemistry)
A lectin is a plant (usually seed) or animal protein that affects agglutination, precipitation, or other phenomena resembling the action of specific antibody, but that is not an antibody in that it was not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Naturally produced proteins or glycoproteins that can bind with carbohydrates or sugars to form stable complexes
any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus