ALL meanings of hemicellulose
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H h - noun hemicellulose any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose. 1
- noun hemicellulose Any of a class of substances which occur as constituents of the cell walls of plants and are polysaccharides of simpler structure than cellulose. 1
- noun hemicellulose any of a group of plant polysaccharides that occur chiefly in the cell wall 0
- noun hemicellulose a polysaccharide with less than 150 polymer units of various sugars, that is extracted from plants, esp. woody and corn fiber, by dilute alkalies 0
- noun hemicellulose (organic chemistry) 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. 0