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hemicellulose
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hem·i·cel·lu·lose  (hm-sly-ls, -lz)
n.
Any of several polysaccharides that are more complex than a sugar and less complex than cellulose, found in plant cell walls and produced commercially from corn grain hulls.
hemicellulose [ˌhɛmɪˈsɛljʊˌləʊz]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any of a group of plant polysaccharides that occur chiefly in the cell wall


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