ScienceAugust 15, 2026

lignocellulosic

LIG-no-sel-yoo-LO-sik

Definition

Relating to or consisting of plant material that contains both lignin and cellulose, which provides structural strength to biomass.

Etymology

The term is a compound derived from the Latin 'lignum' meaning wood and 'cellulose', a complex carbohydrate forming the main constituent of plant cell walls.

In the news

The word identifies the broad research field of wood-based materials that includes the project's foam, highlighting that the technology belongs to a wider category of sustainable plant-derived products.

A graduate student in Maine turned wood into a foam that keeps a cooler almost as cold as plastic does, and the part that still fails is not the temperature

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