bastosen.
/ˈbastəʊz/, /ˈbastəʊs/, U.S. /ˈbæstoʊs/, /ˈbæstoʊz/ Chemistry. Now rare.
A compound of lignin and cellulose present in the cell walls of woody plants; = lignocellulose adj. at ligno- comb. form .
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1882 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan in Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 41 102 We propose to give the name of Bastose to this transition modification of cellulose, at the same time observing that as there are many celluloses, so there would be necessarily corresponding forms of bastose.
1909 L. A. Olney Textile Chem. & Dyeing 20 Bastose is much more easily acted upon by chemical reagents than cellulose, and for this reason the action of various chemical reagents on jute is entirely different from their action on linen and cotton.
2014 M. M. Alam et al. in L. Hashmi et al. Comprehensive Materials Processing VII. x. 248 Jute is..composed of a modified form of cellulose known as lignocellulose or bastose which, properly speaking, is a compound of cellulose with lignin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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