selluloosa — meaning in English

English meaning

• cellulose noun A carbohydrate that makes up most of the cell walls in plants, and is used to make things like paper, cloth and medicines.
• pulp noun A soft, wet, shapeless mass, especially the fleshy inner part of a fruit or the mashed fibers used to make paper.

Senses

selluloosa is used for these senses in English:

• cellulose 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.
• pulp A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).

cellulose — full definition

1. noun A carbohydrate that makes up most of the cell walls in plants, and is used to make things like paper, cloth and medicines.
2. noun A large molecule made up of many glucose units joined together in chains.

pulp — full definition

1. noun A soft, wet, shapeless mass, especially the fleshy inner part of a fruit or the mashed fibers used to make paper.
2. noun Cheap fiction printed on rough paper, known for lurid or sensational stories.
3. verb To crush something into a soft, pulpy mass, or to reduce it to that state.

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