FRUCTOSE

fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose

(noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fructose (countable and uncountable, plural fructoses)

(carbohydrate) A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

Synonyms

• fruit sugar

Hypernyms

• ketohexose

• hexose

• monosaccharide

Hyponyms

• lævulose, laevulose, levulose

• D-fructose

• L-fructose

• levoglucose

Anagrams

• Corfutes, forecuts

Source: Wiktionary


Fruc*tose", n. Etym: [L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.)

Definition: Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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