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Answer for the clue "Any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus ", 6 letters:
lectin

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context protein English) Any of a class of plant proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Lectins are carbohydrate -binding proteins , macromolecules that are highly specific for sugar moieties . Lectins should neither be confused with glycoproteins (proteins containing sugar chains or residues), lecithins (fatty substances in animals and plants), ...

Usage examples of lectin.

He’d won awards for fast-track research in plant lectins and he had a reputation for getting results when no one else could.