Usually means: Plant cell wall polysaccharide component.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 18 dictionaries that define the word hemicellulose:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. hemicellulose: Merriam-Webster
  2. hemicellulose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hemicellulose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hemicellulose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hemicellulose: Wordnik
  6. hemicellulose: Wiktionary
  7. hemicellulose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. hemicellulose: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. hemicellulose: Dictionary.com
  10. Hemicellulose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. hemicellulose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hemicellulose: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. hemicellulose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. hemicellulose: Medical dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Paper Making (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hemicellulose)

noun:  (biochemistry) A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol.

Similar:

Opposite:

Adjectives:

Words similar to hemicellulose

Usage examples for hemicellulose

Idioms related to hemicellulose

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing hemicellulose

Words that often appear near hemicellulose

Rhymes of hemicellulose

Invented words related to hemicellulose

Similar:

Opposite:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux