cellulose
noun
an inert carbohydrate, (C 6 H 10 O5 ) n, the chief constituent of the cell walls of plants and of wood, cotton, hemp, paper, etc.
cellulosity
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a word derived from
cellulose.
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To the latter circumstance Cuvier owes the statement that the finest fragments into which mechanical division can resolve the organism are little flakes and filaments, which, joined up loosely together, form a "cellulosity."
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
