cellulosa — meaning in English

English meaning

• cellulose noun 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 noun A soft, wet, shapeless mass, especially the fleshy inner part of a fruit or the mashed fibers used to make paper.

Senses

cellulosa 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 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. noun A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel 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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