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callose

callose noun: a plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.

Noun

callose (countable and uncountable, plural calloses)

  1. A plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.

Adjective

callose (not comparable)

  1. Having calli

callose meaning in Tamil

callose in Tamil

கலோசு, காலோஸ்

Antonyms of callose

Forms of callose

pluralcalloses

Words formed from callose

Questions about callose

What does callose mean?
Callose means a plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages, produced chiefly in response to wounding and infection.
What is callose in Tamil?
Callose in Tamil is கலோசு, காலோஸ். See Callose meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is callose?
Callose can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of callose?
The plural of callose is calloses.

Words near callose in the dictionary

  1. callorhynchid
  2. callorhynchids
  3. callosa
  4. callosal
  5. callosally
  6. callose
  7. callosely
  8. calloses
  9. callosic
  10. callosities
  11. callosity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: callose (page history and authors); callose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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