Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pyrocellulose

1 sense of pyrocellulose

Sense 1
pyrocellulose -- (nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder)
       => cellulose nitrate, nitrocellulose, guncotton, nitrocotton -- (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)