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fructophilic

fructophilic adjective: able to ferment fructose.

Adjective

fructophilic (not comparable)

  1. able to ferment fructose

Origin of fructophilic

From fructo- + -philic.

Questions about fructophilic

What does fructophilic mean?
Fructophilic means able to ferment fructose.
What part of speech is fructophilic?
Fructophilic is an adjective.

Words near fructophilic in the dictionary

  1. fructolysis
  2. fructooligosaccharide
  3. fructooligosaccharides
  4. fructophile
  5. fructophiles
  6. fructophilic
  7. fructophily
  8. fructophobia
  9. fructoplane
  10. fructopyranose
  11. fructopyranoses

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