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gluco-

gluco- prefix: sweetness.

Prefix

gluco-

  1. sweetness
  2. glucose

Origin of gluco-

From the New Latin combining form from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”).

Questions about gluco-

What does gluco- mean?
Gluco- means sweetness.
What part of speech is gluco-?
Gluco- is a prefix.

Words near gluco- in the dictionary

  1. Gluckian
  2. glucking
  3. glucks
  4. Gluckstein
  5. Glucksteins
  6. gluco-
  7. glucoacetyldigoxide
  8. glucoacovenoside
  9. glucoalkaloid
  10. glucoalkaloids
  11. glucoalliside

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