Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name given by Braconnot to the cellulose obtained from the pith or medulla of certain plants, as the sunflower and lilac.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot. Chem.) A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf.
lignin , andcellulose .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry A variety of
lignin orcellulose found in themedulla , orpith , of certainplants .
Etymologies
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Compare French médulline.
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