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Chief constituent of all plant tissues
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cellulose
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN acetate ▪ An interesting development is the direct synthesis of acetic anhydride, used to make cellulose acetate for photographic film base. ▪ Support media that may be used for electrophoretic separations include agar ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1840, from French cellulose , coined c.1835 by French chemist Anselme Payen (1795-1871) and confirmed 1839, from noun use of adjective cellulose "consisting of cells," 18c., from Latin cellula (see cellulite ) + -ose (see -ose (2)).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Consisting of, or containing, cells. n. 1 A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives. 2 (context ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cellulose \Cel"lu*lose`\ (s[e^]l"[-u]*l[=o]s`), a. Consisting of, or containing, cells.
Usage examples of cellulose.
Its skin was cellulose acetate butyrate, a plastic transparent not only to light but also to X-rays, gamma rays and neutrons.
Such terrible explosives as trinitrotoluene occasionally mentioned in the published war reports, as well as many others, have as the principal agent of destructive force guncotton, which is ordinary raw cotton or cellulose treated with nitric or sulphuric acid, though there are, of course, other chemicals used in compounding the various forms of deadly explosives.
They developed the processes of producing cellulose from wood pulp to take the place of cotton for making guncotton, and certain forms of wood fiber and paper were used in the textile trades.
Labiate herbs, comprising a volatile oil, some bitter principle, tannin, sugar, and cellulose.
The metal food cans inside were nonflammable, but they were packed in extruded cellulose that ignited in a red fireball.
Guncotton, which consists of cellulose, with the hydrogen replaced by nitrogen, was tried with the same result.
The attachment of the roothairs is effected by the liquefaction of the outer surface of the cellulose walls, and by the subsequent setting hard of the liquefied matter.
The slices were not liquefied, for the walls of the cells, composed of cellulose, are not in the least acted on by the secretion.
Dionaea, 301, 310, 313 , on Drosera filiformis, 281 Caraway, oil of, action on Drosera, 211 Carbonic acid, action on Drosera, 221 , delays aggregation in Drosera, 59 Cartilage, its digestion by Drosera, 103 Casein, its digestion by Drosera, 114 Cellulose, not digested by Drosera, 125 Chalk, precipitated, causing inflection of Drosera, 32 Cheese, its digestion by Drosera, 116 Chitine, not digested by Drosera, 124 Chloroform, effects of, on Drosera, 217 , , on Dionaea, 304 Chlorophyll, grains of, in living plants, digested by Drosera, 126 , pure, not digested by Drosera, 125 Chondrin, its digestion by Drosera, 112 Chromic acid, action on Drosera, 185 Cloves, oil of, action on Drosera, 212 Cobalt chloride, action on Drosera, 186 Cobra poison, action on Drosera, 206 Cohn, Prof.
Little fellers are superb for changing cellulose into sugar, or recycling carbon .
Like cellulose in the gut of a carnivore, she could not be assimilated.
He ran forward, pushing through the cellulose tatters, trying to see in the faint light flickering from the arch.
In their guts they harbour colonies of microscopic, one-celled protozoa, which break down the cellulose for them and make it digestible.
Make sure there are no old bits of wood, paper or anything else with cellulose in it lying on the ground under the house to attract termites.
The New Conservative government agreed in principle that nationwide road refurbishment should be given priority, coating the millions of kilometres of tarmac with a layer of rough thermo-cured cellulose, but they were hanging back until giga-conductor-powered vehicles became widespread before starting.