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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pentosan  \Pen"to*san\,  n.  Also  -sane  \-sane\  [From  {Pentose}.] 
  (Chem.) 
  One  of  a  class  of  substances  (complex  carbohydrates  widely 
  distributed  in  plants,  as  in  fruits,  gums,  woods,  hay,  etc.) 
  which  yield  pentoses  on  hydrolysis. 

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