"cellulose" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellulose.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Borrowed from French cellulose. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cellulose}} French cellulose Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cellulose (not comparable)
  1. Consisting of, or containing, cells. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-cellulose-en-adj-Z~1r0oUa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 35 19

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cellulose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: celluloses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French cellulose. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cellulose}} French cellulose Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cellulose (countable and uncountable, plural celluloses)
  1. A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Polymer
    Sense id: en-cellulose-en-noun-mo-yJgs3 Disambiguation of Polymer: 19 48 33
  2. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Carbohydrates Translations (the polysaccharide cellulose): سِلْيُولُوز (silyulūz) [masculine] (Arabic), cel·lulosa [feminine] (Catalan), 纖維素 (Chinese Mandarin), 纤维素 (xiānwéisù) (Chinese Mandarin), celulóza [feminine] (Czech), cellulose [common-gender] (Danish), cellulose [feminine] (Dutch), celulozo (Esperanto), tselluloos (Estonian), viðarmeyk [neuter] (Faroese), selluloosa (Finnish), cellulose [feminine] (French), ცელულოზა (celuloza) (Georgian), Zellulose [feminine] (German), Cellulose [feminine] (German), Zellstoff [masculine] (German), κυτταρίνη (kyttaríni) [feminine] (Greek), תאית (Hebrew), कोशाधु (kośādhu) (Hindi), cellulóz (Hungarian), sellulósi [masculine] (Icelandic), beðmi [neuter] (Icelandic), celuloso (Ido), selulosa (Indonesian), cellulosa [feminine] (Italian), セルロース (serurōsu) (Japanese), 셀룰로스 (sellulloseu) (Korean), selulosa (Malay), pūtauhuka (Maori), कोशाधु (kośādhu) (Marathi), कोशाधु (kośādhu) (Nepali), cellulose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sellulose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cellulose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sellulose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), سلولز (seluloz) (Persian), celuloza [feminine] (Polish), celulose [feminine] (Portuguese), celuloză [feminine] (Romanian), целлюло́за (celljulóza) [feminine] (Russian), ceallalos [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), celuloza [feminine] (Slovene), celulosa [feminine] (Spanish), selulosi (Swahili), cellulosa [common-gender] (Swedish), เซลลูโลส (Thai), selüloz (Turkish), целюло́за (celjulóza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), кліткови́на (klitkovýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), sälülod (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-cellulose-en-noun-Tw2kuOnV Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'the polysaccharide cellulose': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: E460 when used as an emulsifier Related terms: cellophane, celluloid, pentosan

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "เซลลูโลส"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the polysaccharide cellulose",
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      "roman": "celjulóza",
      "sense": "the polysaccharide cellulose",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "the polysaccharide cellulose",
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