Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more nonsugar substances on hydrolysis.

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  • noun organic chemistry, biochemistry A molecule in which a sugar group (the glycone) is bound to a non-sugar group (the corresponding aglycone) by a nitrogen or oxygen atom. Glycosides yield a sugar after undergoing hydrolysis.

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  • noun a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[glycose, a monosaccharide (variant of glucose) + –ide.]

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From glyco- ("a sugar"), + -ide (similar to glucoside), 1925–1930.

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Examples

  • The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).

    WUSTL Record: University News Diana Lutz 2010

  • The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • The plant stores the cyanide in an inactive form, typically as a cyanogenic glycoside, which is a sugar molecule with an attached cyanide group (carbon triple-bonded to nitrogen).

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Plants that contain cardiac glycoside can cause changes in the rate or rhythm of your child's heart.

    Poisonous Plants 2010

  • But a tiny, naturally-occurring steviol glycoside constituent (about two to four percent of a whole leaf) of the plant, called rebaudioside A (also known as reb A, rebiana, stevia extract), was passed into Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status by the FDA in 2008.

    Pooja R. Mottl: Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness? 2010

  • But a tiny, naturally-occurring steviol glycoside constituent (about two to four percent of a whole leaf) of the plant, called rebaudioside A (also known as reb A, rebiana, stevia extract), was passed into Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status by the FDA in 2008.

    Pooja R. Mottl: Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness? 2010

  • Don't experiment with it though as the glycoside content causes vomiting even in moderate doses.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Jan 2008

  • Don't experiment with it though as the glycoside content causes vomiting even in moderate doses.

    Verbena Jan 2008

  • And it seems to have a glycoside called P-57, that does affect the brain's sense of appetite.

    CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2006 2006

  • It contains vitamins B1, B2, B12, C, and E and is a source of glycoside steroids, which in other plants are known to be responsible for their tonic properties generally and sexual energy—enhancing properties especially.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

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