Viscose
noun
1.
a viscous solution prepared by treating cellulose with caustic soda and carbon bisulfide: used in manufacturing regenerated cellulose fibers, sheets, or tubes, as rayon or cellophane.
2.
viscose rayon.
adjective
3.
of, relating to, or made from viscose.
4.
viscous.
noun
1.
a viscous orange-brown solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in sodium hydroxide and carbon disulphide. It can be converted back to cellulose by an acid, as in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane
(as modifier): viscose rayon
2.
rayon made from this material
adjective
3.
another word for viscous
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