hemicellulose

[ hem-i-sel-yuh-lohs ]

noun
  1. any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.

Origin of hemicellulose

1
First recorded in 1890–95; hemi- + cellulose

Words Nearby hemicellulose

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use hemicellulose in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for hemicellulose

hemicellulose

/ (ˌhɛmɪˈsɛljʊˌləʊz) /


noun
  1. any of a group of plant polysaccharides that occur chiefly in the cell wall

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012