cellulose
Meaning of cellulose
noun
- an insoluble substance which is the main constituent of plant cell walls and of vegetable fibres such as cotton. It is a polysaccharide consisting of chains of glucose monomers.
- paint or lacquer consisting principally of cellulose acetate or nitrate in solution.
mid 19th century: from French, from cellule ‘small cell’ + -ose2.
Information about cellulose
- It is a name.
- The plural form of cellulose is: celluloses.
- Languages in which cellulose is used:
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Hyphenation of cellulose
cel-lu-lose
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- cellulose is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Translation of cellulose
- German: Cellulose, Zellulose
- Spanish: celulosa
- French: cellulose
- Italian: cellulosa
- Portuguese: celulose
Words that rhyme with cellulose
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