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cellulosic

cellulosic adjective: of, pertaining to, or derived from cellulose.

Adjective

cellulosic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from cellulose.
    Antonyms:
    noncellulosic

Noun

cellulosic (plural cellulosics)

  1. A synthetic plastic derived from cellulose.

Antonyms of cellulosic

Forms of cellulosic

pluralcellulosics

Origin of cellulosic

From cellulose + -ic.

Words formed from cellulosic

Questions about cellulosic

What does cellulosic mean?
Cellulosic means of, pertaining to, or derived from cellulose.
What part of speech is cellulosic?
Cellulosic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cellulosic in the dictionary

  1. cellulose acetate
  2. cellulose nitrate
  3. cellulose xanthate
  4. celluloselike
  5. celluloses
  6. cellulosic
  7. cellulosics
  8. cellulosine
  9. cellulosines
  10. cellulosomal
  11. cellulosome

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