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decose

decose noun: a sugar or saccharide containing ten carbon atoms.

Noun

decose (plural decoses)

  1. A sugar or saccharide containing ten carbon atoms.

Forms of decose

pluraldecoses

Origin of decose

From dec- + -ose.

Questions about decose

What does decose mean?
Decose means a sugar or saccharide containing ten carbon atoms.
What part of speech is decose?
Decose is a noun.
What is the plural of decose?
The plural of decose is decoses.

Words near decose in the dictionary

  1. decorticators
  2. decortification
  3. decorum
  4. decorums
  5. decos
  6. decose
  7. decoses
  8. decoside
  9. decossackization
  10. Decosta
  11. Decostas

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