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wood pulp

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wood pulp: see paper paper, thin, flat sheet or tissue made usually from plant fiber but also from rags and other fibrous materials. It is used principally for printing and writing on but has many other applications.
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wood pulp
1. wood that has been ground to a fine pulp for use in making newsprint and other cheap forms of paper, and in the production of hardboard
2. finely pulped wood that has been digested by a chemical, such as caustic soda, and sometimes bleached: used in making paper

wood pulp [′wu̇d ‚pəlp]
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