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drupose

drupose noun: a substance produced together with glucose by the action of moderately diluted hydrochloric acid on the stony concretions found in pears.

Noun

drupose (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A substance produced together with glucose by the action of moderately diluted hydrochloric acid on the stony concretions found in pears.

Origin of drupose

Blend of drupe + glucose

Questions about drupose

What does drupose mean?
Drupose means a substance produced together with glucose by the action of moderately diluted hydrochloric acid on the stony concretions found in pears.
What part of speech is drupose?
Drupose is a noun.

Words near drupose in the dictionary

  1. drupels
  2. drupes
  3. drupetum
  4. druplet
  5. druplets
  6. drupose
  7. drury
  8. Drury Lane vestal
  9. Drury Lane vestals
  10. druse
  11. drused

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