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sedoheptulose

sedoheptulose noun: a heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis.

Noun

sedoheptulose (countable and uncountable, plural sedoheptuloses)

  1. A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

Forms of sedoheptulose

pluralsedoheptuloses

Origin of sedoheptulose

From sed(um) + -o- + hept- + -ulose, from levulose.

Questions about sedoheptulose

What does sedoheptulose mean?
Sedoheptulose means a heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis.
What part of speech is sedoheptulose?
Sedoheptulose is a noun.
What is the plural of sedoheptulose?
The plural of sedoheptulose is sedoheptuloses.

Words near sedoheptulose in the dictionary

  1. sednoid
  2. sednoids
  3. sedoanalgesia
  4. sedoanalgesias
  5. sedoheptulokinase
  6. sedoheptulose
  7. sedoheptuloses
  8. sedoka
  9. sedolisin
  10. sedolisins
  11. Sedona

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