lignocellulose

American  

[lig-noh-sel-yuh-lohs] / ˌlɪg noʊˈsɛl yəˌloʊs /

noun

Botany.

1. any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.

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lignocellulose British  

/ -ˌləʊz, ˌlɪɡnəʊˈsɛljʊˌləʊs /

noun

1. a compound of lignin and cellulose that occurs in the walls of xylem cells in woody tissue

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Other Word Forms

• lignocellulosic adjective

Etymology

Origin of lignocellulose

First recorded in 1895–1900; ligno- + cellulose

Example Sentences

Biodegradable yet tough enough to withstand hurricanes, leaves get their strength from their “skeleton,” a highly ramified network of fine veins made of a woody compound called lignocellulose.

From Science Magazine

Additional support was provided by the Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the DOE.

From Science Daily

Velickovic performed all the hands-on experiments in the lab, collecting material for the slides, scanning the samples to view and identify metabolites in each of the sections, and identifying hot spots of lignocellulose degradation.

From Science Daily

Synthetic biology could unlock the large-scale use of carbon sources from lignocellulose to coal.

From Nature

Instead of using starch and sucrose, biofuel production could come from more abundant and underused resources such as lignocellulose, algal biomass and greenhouse gases such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.

From Nature