Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as mannose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow sirup having a sweetish-bitter taste.

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

  • noun chemistry, dated A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow syrup; D-mannose.

Etymologies

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Latin semen seed + glucose.

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