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Word: Hemicellulose
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: coined in German from hemi-+ cellulose
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hɛmɪˈsɛljʊləʊz
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
hɛmɪˈsɛljʊləʊs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
any of a class of substances which occur as constituents of the cell walls of plants and are polysaccharides of simpler structure than cellulose
Short Definition:any of class of substances which occur as constituents of cell walls of plants
Examples:- the dry seeds contain a substance called hemicellulose
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