HEMICELLULOSE


Meaning of HEMICELLULOSE in English

/hem'i sel"yeuh lohs'/ , n.

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

[ 1890-95; HEMI- + CELLULOSE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .