structural polysaccharide

English

Noun

structural polysaccharide (plural structural polysaccharides)

1. (biochemistry) Any polysaccharide that serves to supply stiffness to a plant (typically cellulose) or insect etc (typically chitin)

Translations

polysaccharide that serves to supply stiffness

• Hungarian: vázpoliszacharid

See also

• storage polysaccharide