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Cellulose   /sˈɛljəlˌoʊs/   Listen
Cellulose

noun
1.
A polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers.



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"Cellulose" Quotes from Famous Books



... most of the so-called propellant explosives used in advanced warfare. 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 ...
— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller


Words linked to "Cellulose" :   pectin, polyose, pulp, cellulosic, fibre, fiber, paper, polysaccharide


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