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    xylan
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xylan, n. 
                                            
                                         A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum.                                                                                 [Webster 1913 Suppl.]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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