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Preferred term

cellulose

Definition

  • [Henderson's] n. linear polysaccharide made up of glucose residues joined by β1,4 link­ages. Considered to be the most abundant organic compound in the biosphere as it comprises the bulk of plant and algal cell walls, where it occurs as cellulose microfibrils. It is also found in certain tunicates. see Fig. 8.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Arabic

  • سليلوز

Bulgarian

  • Целулоза

Croatian

  • celuloza

Czech

  • celulóza

Danish

  • cellulose

Dutch

  • cellulose

Estonian

  • tselluloos

Finnish

  • selluloosa

French

  • cellulose

German

  • Cellulose

Greek

  • κυτταρίνη

Hungarian

  • cellulóz

Italian

  • cellulosa

Latvian

  • celuloze

Lithuanian

  • celiuliozė

Norwegian

  • cellulose

Polish

  • celuloza

Portuguese

  • celulose

Romanian

  • celuloză

Slovak

  • celulóza

Slovenian

  • celuloza

Spanish

  • celulosa

Swedish

  • cellulosa

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20783

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