xylan
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xy·lan
(zī′lən)n.
A yellow, water-soluble, gummy polysaccharide found in plant cell walls and yielding xylose upon hydrolysis.
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xylan
(ˈzaɪlæn)n
(Biochemistry) biochem a yellow polysaccharide consisting of xylose units: occurs in straw husks and other woody tissue
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xy•lan
(ˈzaɪ læn)n.
the pentosan occurring in woody tissue that hydrolyzes to xylose.
[1890–95; < Greek xýl(on) wood]
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