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cellulotrophy

cellulotrophy noun: the digestion of cellulose.

Noun

cellulotrophy (uncountable)

  1. The digestion of cellulose

Origin of cellulotrophy

From cellulo- + -trophy.

Questions about cellulotrophy

What does cellulotrophy mean?
Cellulotrophy means the digestion of cellulose.
What part of speech is cellulotrophy?
Cellulotrophy is a noun.

Words near cellulotrophy in the dictionary

  1. cellulosome
  2. cellulosomes
  3. cellulosomic
  4. cellulosomics
  5. cellulotrophic
  6. cellulotrophy
  7. cellulous
  8. cellulysin
  9. cellulysins
  10. cellwide
  11. cellwise

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