Cĕl'lu-lōse'1, a.
a. Containing cells.
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a. Containing cells.
n. (Bot.) One of the substances constituting the cellular tissue of plants, being the material which forms the walls or sides of the vegetable cells, while lignine is that which fills those cells or covers their walls. It consists, like starch, of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and is convertible into starch and sugar. Gregory.