cellulose

From French cellulose

cellulose (countable and uncountable, plural celluloses)

Ball-and-stick model of cellulose.

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.
2. (organic chemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.

• E460 when used as an emulsifier

• cellophane
• celluloid
• pentosan

cellulose (not comparable)

1. Consisting of, or containing, cells.

cellulose f (uncountable)

1. cellulose

• “cellulose” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

• “cellulose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

cellulose

1. feminine plural of celluloso

cellulose f

1. plural of cellulosa