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Definition of: cellulose
(sel′yə·lōs) noun Biochem.
An amorphous white carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)x, isomerie with starch, insoluble in all ordinary solvents, and forming the fundamental material of the structure of plants.
—adjective Containing cells. [<L cellula. See CELLULE.]
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