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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

cellulose

noun

Definition

the substance that makes up plant cell walls

In a sentence

Paper is made from cellulose.

Why this word matters: cellulose appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.