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rhamnulose

rhamnulose noun: a particular deoxyketohexose related to sorbose.

Noun

rhamnulose (uncountable)

  1. a particular deoxyketohexose related to sorbose

Origin of rhamnulose

From translingual Rhamnus (“genus of buckthorns”) + -ulose (“a ketose”).

Questions about rhamnulose

What does rhamnulose mean?
Rhamnulose means a particular deoxyketohexose related to sorbose.
What part of speech is rhamnulose?
Rhamnulose is a noun.

Words near rhamnulose in the dictionary

  1. rhamnosyltransferase
  2. rhamnosyltransferases
  3. rhamnoxanthin
  4. rhamnulokinase
  5. rhamnulokinases
  6. rhamnulose
  7. rhamnus
  8. rhamnuses
  9. rhamphastid
  10. rhamphastids
  11. rhamphichthyid

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