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cellophane
1. A transparent paper-like product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes, etc.
2. A thin, flexible, transparent cellulose material made from wood pulp and used as a moistureproof wrapping.
3. Etymology: from a 1912 trademark name for a product made from regenerated cellulose, coined by the inventor, Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger (1872-1954), probably from cell(ulose) + o + phane; from Greek phainein, "to appear".
2. A thin, flexible, transparent cellulose material made from wood pulp and used as a moistureproof wrapping.
3. Etymology: from a 1912 trademark name for a product made from regenerated cellulose, coined by the inventor, Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger (1872-1954), probably from cell(ulose) + o + phane; from Greek phainein, "to appear".
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