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Cellulose vs Vasculose - What's the difference?

cellulose | vasculose |

As nouns the difference between cellulose and vasculose

is that cellulose is 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 while vasculose is one of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media.

As an adjective cellulose

is consisting of, or containing, cells.

cellulose

English

(wikipedia 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.
  • (organic compound) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.

    • Synonyms

    * when used as an emulsifier

    Derived terms

    * cellulose acetate * cellulose nitrate * lignocellulose

    See also

    * cellophane * celluloid * pentosan

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consisting of, or containing, cells.
    • ----

    vasculose

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (botany) One of the substances of which vegetable tissue is composed, differing from cellulose in its solubility in certain media.
    • (Webster 1913) ----