adipocellulosen.
/ˌadᵻpə(ʊ)ˈsɛljᵿləʊs/, /ˌadᵻpə(ʊ)ˈsɛljᵿləʊz/, U.S. /ˌædəpoʊˈsɛljəˌloʊs/, /ˌædəpoʊˈsɛljəˌloʊz/ Botany. Now rare or disused.
Any of various insoluble waxy compounds found in the cell walls of certain plants which make them more or less impermeable to water, esp. suberin (in cork) and cutin (in plant cuticles), formerly thought to consist of a complex of cellulose with other substances; (also) an impermeable tissue containing such substances.
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1887 C. F. Cross et al. Rep. Indian Fibres & Fibrous Substances 3 The three groups of compound celluloses are the pecto-celluloses, ligno-celluloses, and adipo-celluloses.
1888 H. F. Morley & M. M. P. Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. (rev. ed.) I. 721/1 This view of its [sc. cork's] constitution..is summed up in the group term Adipocellulose, by which it is proposed to designate them.
1921 E. C. Warden Technol. Cellulose Esters I. i. 11 The chief adipocelluloses are cork and bark, which, when the impurities are removed, leave a neutral body called cutose.
1931 E. C. Miller Plant Physiol. i. i. 9 These two substances [sc. suberin and cutin] have frequently been called ‘adipo-’ or ‘cutocelluloses’ and were classified as compound celluloses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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