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xylose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xylose  \Xy"lose\,  n.  [Pref.  xylo-  +  -ose.]  (Chem.) 
  An  unfermentable  sugar  of  the  pentose  class,  {C5H10O5}, 
  formed  by  the  hydrolysis  of  xylan;  wood  sugar. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  xylose 
  n  :  a  sugar  extracted  from  wood  or  straw;  used  in  foods  for 
  diabetics  [syn:  {wood  sugar}] 




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