Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
PENTOSE
pentose
(noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pentose (plural pentoses)
(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
Hypernyms
• monosaccharide
Hyponyms
• ketopentose
ribulose
xylulose
• aldopentose
ribose
arabinose
xylose
lyxose
• deoxyribose
Anagrams
• open set, openest, pontees, posteen, poteens
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"tose, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.)
Definition: Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5, as arabinose;
– so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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