English Explanatory Dictionary

papyroxylin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of gun-paper.

Word forms

papyroxylin papyroxyline

Etymology

From papyro- (“papyrus, paper”) + xylo- (“wood, wood pulp”) + -in (“forming substances made from living things”), after the model of earlier pyroxylin.

Synonyms

gun-paper
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