hemicellulose
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hemicellulose (ˌhɛmɪˈsɛljʊˌləʊz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| any of a group of plant polysaccharides that occur chiefly in the cell wall | |
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Hemicellulose
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hemicellulose hem·i·cel·lu·lose (hěm'ĭ-sěl'yə-lōs', -lōz')
n.
Any of several polysaccharides that are more complex than a sugar and less complex than cellulose and found in plant cell walls.
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hemicellulose
any of a group of complex carbohydrates that, with other carbohydrates (e.g., pectins), surround the cellulose fibres of plant cells. The most common hemicelluloses contain xylans (many molecules of the five-carbon sugar xylose linked together), a uronic acid (i.e., sugar acid), and arabinose (another five-carbon sugar). Hemicelluloses have no chemical relationship to cellulose.
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Example sentences
However, the hemicellulose content decreased substantially as temperature increased.
Hemicellulose is a polysaccharide composed of a variety of sugars including xylose, arabinose, mannose.
Along with cellulose and hemicellulose, these feedstocks all contain a substance called lignin.
In plants, cellulose is protected by a sheath of lignin and hemicellulose.
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