1. A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum

Derived forms: xylans

Encyclopedia: Xylan

• Onobrychis viciaefolia
• Onobrychis viciifolia
• Onoclea
• Onoclea sensibilis
• Onoclea struthiopteris
• onomancer
• onomancy
• onomastic
• onomasticon
• onomastics
• onomatomania
• onomatopoeia
• onomatopoeic
• onomatopoeical
• onomatopoetic
• Onondaga
• Ononis
• Ononis repens
• Ononis spinosa
• Onopordon
• Onopordon acanthium
• Onopordum
• Onopordum acanthium
• Onosmodium
• onrush