Assertion: lignin | /r/CapableOf | serve as the glue
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Lignin is the second most abundant prevalent biopolymer after cellulose, making up about 30 percent of a plant’s structure and serving as the glue that holds cellulose fibers together.
text: Lignin is a primary obstacle when using lignocellulosic biomass as a raw material to obtain second-generation biofuel alcohols, because it acts as a glue that holds the main components of the biomass tightly bound together and hinders their separation.
text: Lignin is a highly branched, aromatic polymer of phenylpropanoid units and often serves as the glue that binds cellulose and hemicellulose by imparting rigidity, moisture, and microbial resistance to lignocellulose (Chandra et al. 2007).