Definitions for cellulase

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cellulase cel·lu·lase

Spelling: [sel-yuh-leys, -leyz]

IPA: /ˈsɛl yəˌleɪs, -ˌleɪz/

Cellulase is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in cellulase (aceelllsu).

Definitions for cellulase

noun

1. any of several enzymes, produced primarily by fungi and bacteria, that catalyze the hydrolysis of cellulose.

Origin of cellulase

First recorded in 1900-05; cellul(ose) + -ase

Examples for cellulase

A cellulase from the symbiotic intestinal flagellates of termites and of the roach, Cryptocercus punctulatus.