Definitions

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

  • noun Any of a group of glycosides that yield galactose on hydrolysis.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A compound formed by the elimination of the elements of water from an alcohol and galactose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry Any of several glycosides containing galactose

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Examples

  • Further analysis of the extract indicated that the active compounds could be malvidin galactoside and malvidin glucoside, said the researchers.

    AP-FoodTechnology RSS stephen.daniells@decisionnews.com 2010

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