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CELLULOSEPolysaccharide; the main constituent of plant cell walls
LIGNINMaterial making plant cell walls rigid
CUTINWaxy substance that is the main constituent of the cuticle of a plant (5)
DNANucleic acid that is the main constituent of the chromosomes of all organisms (3)
METHANEThe simplest alkane and the main constituent of natural gas
VEGETARIANOne whose main objective is to avoid meat, and instead feature vegetables as the main constituent of their diet (10)
URUSHIOLOily liquid that is the main constituent of Japanese lacquer (8)
STEARINWhite crystalline substance that is the main constituent of tallow and suet
PECTINPart of plant cell
WALLCell ___ (outer boundary of a plant cell)
INULINFructose polysaccharide found in the roots and tubers of chicory, Jerusalem artichoke etc, used medically to test the function of kidney (6)
WELCHIn the Shawshank Redemption, a poster of whom is on Andy's cell wall at the time of his escape? (5)
BORONThis micronutrient is essential for the formation of healthy plant cells (5)
CYTOLOGYThe study of animal and plant cells (8)
GLYCOGENPolysaccharide substance that is the body's main form of carbohydrate storage; forms glucose when hydrolysed (8)
AMYLOPECTINPolysaccharide and chief component of all starches (approx. 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose (11)
STARCHPolysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues (6)
LYSINIt attacks cell walls, slowly sinking in the middle (5)
ANIMALSThe cells lack cellulose cell walls (7)
CUBICLECell walls of course keeping line by university writer (7)