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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as xylan.

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Examples

  • The author has subjected beech-wood and beech-wood cellulose (Schulze process) to a range of hydrolytic treatments, acid and alkaline, in order to determine the conditions of selective action upon the mother substance of the wood-gum.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • In the main it appears that this group of furfuroids is equally resistant with the cellulose constituents of the wood; in fact, that the mother substance of wood-gum is a modified cellulose, and exists in the wood in chemical combination with the 'incrusting substances.'

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

  • (p. 188) According to the text-books beech-wood may be regarded as the typical raw material for the preparation of the laboratory product known as wood-gum.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

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