Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
pentose
(noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pentose (plural pentoses)
(carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.
• monosaccharide
• ketopentose
ribulose
xylulose
• aldopentose
ribose
arabinose
xylose
lyxose
• deoxyribose
• 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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.