noun1. a. a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
b. (as modifier)
viscose rayon
2. rayon made from this material
adjective3. another word for viscous
Word origin
C19: from Late Latin
viscōsus full of birdlime, sticky, from
viscum birdlime; see
viscid