"cellulolytic" meaning in English

See cellulolytic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more cellulolytic [comparative], most cellulolytic [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} cellulolytic (comparative more cellulolytic, superlative most cellulolytic)
  1. (biochemistry) That causes the hydrolysis of cellulose Derived forms: holocellulolytic, hypercellulolytic, noncellulolytic
    Sense id: en-cellulolytic-en-adj-cgYVbc4V Categories (other): Biochemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: cellulolytics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellulolytic (plural cellulolytics)
  1. Any such material
    Sense id: en-cellulolytic-en-noun-Ahsfoe05 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Inflected forms

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