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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A ferment which causes the decomposition of cellulose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry An enzyme that catalyze the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cellul(ose) + –ase.]

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