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callose

cal·lose [ ká lss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
substance in plant cells: a polysaccharide found in plant cell walls and formed in flowering plants in response to injury. It consists of chains of linked glucose units.

[Mid-19th century. < Latin callosus (see callous)]
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