Definitions for xylan

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xylan xy·lan

Spelling: [zahy-lan]

IPA: /ˈzaɪ læn/

Xylan is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in xylan (alnxy).

Definitions for xylan

noun

1. the pentosan occurring in woody tissue that hydrolyzes to xylose: used as a source of furfural.

Origin of xylan

1890-95; Greek xýl(on) wood + -an, variant of -ane

Examples for xylan

The pentosans, araban and xylan, occur normally in the stems and outer seed coats of many common plants.