Definition of Cellulous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cellulous

cellulose acetate
cellulose acetate phthalate
cellulose ester
cellulose nitrate
cellulose synthase
cellulose tape
cellulose tape technique
cellulose triacetate
cellulose xanthate
celluloses
cellulosic
cellulosic acid
cellulosics
cellulosid
cellulosome
cellulous (current term)
cellusome
celly
celo-
celom
celoma
celomas
celomata
celomatic
celomic
celomic metaplasia theory of endometriosis
celomic pouches
celoms
celonychia

Literary usage of Cellulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Refugium Botanicum: Or Figures and Descriptions from Living Specimens, of ...by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker by William Wilson Saunders, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, John Gilbert Baker (1882)
"Anther-case nii- trate, obtuse, whitish with a violet summit. Pollinia two, with a cellulous combining matter in place of a ..."

2. Electrical Review (1891)
"The method of formation will naturally depec upon the nature of the materials which constitute the cell Owing to the cellulous nature of these elements tit ..."

3. The Philosophical Transactions ... Abridged by Royal Society (Great Britain), John Lowthorp, Henry Jones, Andrew Reid, John Gray, John Eames, John Martyn (1749)
"This cellulous Structure of the ... or cellulous Cavity is two Inches broad, and reaches from the ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"Of the insulations, the conductivity of mica is unaffected by changes in temperature, while fibrous and cellulous materials ..."

5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"... over the greater part of the body, the exterior of which is cellulous and aponeurotic on the internal surface, receiving nerves from the fifth pair; ..."

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