xylose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.

Word forms

xylose xyloses

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose From xylo- + -ose.

Synonyms

Related words

xylosyl xylosylglucoside
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.