Xylan

What do we mean by xylan?

A yellow, water-soluble, gummy polysaccharide found in plant cell walls and yielding xylose upon hydrolysis. noun

A gelasinous, levorotatory compound, C5H8-O4(?), contained in all kinds of wood. With sulphuric acid it yields the sugar xylose; boiling mineral acids convert it chiefly into fur-furaldehyde. It is also called wood-gum. noun

A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum. noun

A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants. noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to xylan:
xylan, dylan, rylan, mylan, xylon, hylan, tylan.

Words that rhyme with xylan:
bilin, file in, pile in, rylan, mylan, wilen, chi lin, xylon, tylan, aisle in, argyle in, argyll in, awhile in, bile in, cai lun, carlisle in, carlyle in, chyle in, compile in, crocodile in, dalila in, delilah in, delisle in, eilan, exile in, freestyle in, gentile in, guile in, hairstyle in, heil in, hile in, isle in, kyle in, lifestyle in, lyle in, mai lin, marseille in, meanwhile in, mei lin, mercantile in, mile in, mile inn, nile in, percentile in, peristyle in, phyla in, pi lin, profile in, pyle in, rabbi lynn, reconcile in, refile in, revile in, ryle in, senile in, smile in, stile in, stockpile in, style in, style inn, sundial in, textile in, theilen, tile in, turnstile in, vile in, wai lin, weil in, weill in, while in, wile in, worthwhile in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe xylan:
pure, insoluble, soluble, crude, more, reprecipitated, solid, original, polymeric, native, acetylated, linked, acidic, corncob, total, arabino.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective xylan:
xylanohydrolase.

Consonant match to xylan:
xylene, zahlen, z line, xylon, zeal in, zell in, zelle in, zola in.

Words that sound like xylan:
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