| 释义 |
lignose, a. and n.|ˈlɪgnəʊs|
[ad. L. lignōs-us, f. lignum wood: see -ose.]
A. adj. = ligneous.
1698Phil. Trans. XX. 465 Those Plants are more fit for dying Cloth, which are Lignose. 1855in Mayne Expos. Lex. In mod. Dicts.
B. n.
a. Chem. One of the constituents of lignin.
b. ‘A Silesian blasting powder made of woody fibre charged with nitro-glycerine’ (Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 1884).
1878A. H. Green Coal v. 165 The lignose in its turn can be changed into cellulose. 1885G. L. Goodale Physiol. Bot. 36 note, Lignose, insoluble in water, alcohol, ether, and ammonia; soluble in solutions of potassa or soda. |