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xylanolytic

xylanolytic adjective: describing any substance (such as a xylanase) that can break down a xylan.

Adjective

xylanolytic (comparative more xylanolytic, superlative most xylanolytic)

  1. Describing any substance (such as a xylanase) that can break down a xylan.

Forms of xylanolytic

comparativemore xylanolytic
superlativemost xylanolytic

Origin of xylanolytic

From xylan + -o- + -lytic.

Questions about xylanolytic

What does xylanolytic mean?
Xylanolytic means describing any substance (such as a xylanase) that can break down a xylan.
What part of speech is xylanolytic?
Xylanolytic is an adjective.

Words near xylanolytic in the dictionary

  1. xylanesterase
  2. xylanesterases
  3. xylanohydrolase
  4. xylanohydrolases
  5. xylanolysis
  6. xylanolytic
  7. xylans
  8. xylanthrax
  9. xylarate
  10. xylarates
  11. xylaria

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