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melizitose

melizitose is the alternative form of melezitose.

Meaning of melezitose

Noun

melezitose (uncountable)

  1. A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap.
    • Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose.

Questions about melizitose

What is melizitose the alternative form of?
Melizitose is the alternative form of melezitose.

Words near melizitose in the dictionary

  1. melittophily
  2. melittoside
  3. meliturgy
  4. melitzanosalata
  5. melius inquirendum
  6. melizitose
  7. melizitoze
  8. Meljine
  9. Melk
  10. Melkart
  11. Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

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