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.
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- noun chemistry, dated A
carbohydrate of theglucose group found in the thickenedendosperm of certainseeds , and extracted as yellowsyrup ; D-mannose .
Etymologies
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Latin semen seed + glucose.
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