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ribulose

ribulose noun: a ketopentose whose phosphate derivatives participate in photosynthesis.

Noun

ribulose (countable and uncountable, plural ribuloses)

  1. a ketopentose whose phosphate derivatives participate in photosynthesis

Forms of ribulose

pluralribuloses

Questions about ribulose

What does ribulose mean?
Ribulose means a ketopentose whose phosphate derivatives participate in photosynthesis.
What part of speech is ribulose?
Ribulose is a noun.
What is the plural of ribulose?
The plural of ribulose is ribuloses.

Words near ribulose in the dictionary

  1. ribstones
  2. Ribstons
  3. ribuck
  4. ribulokinase
  5. ribulokinases
  6. ribulose
  7. ribulosebisphosphatecarboxylaseoxygenase
  8. ribuloses
  9. riburamycin
  10. riburamycins
  11. ribwich

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