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xylose

xylose noun: one of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.

xylose: one of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood
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Noun

xylose (countable and uncountable, plural xyloses)

  1. One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
    Synonyms:
    wood sugar

xylose meaning in Hindi and Kannada

xylose in Hindi

wood sugar
काष्ठशर्करा kāṣṭhaśarkarā

xylose in Kannada

ಕ್ಸೈಲೋಸ್

Synonyms of xylose

Forms of xylose

pluralxyloses

Origin of xylose

From xylo- + -ose.

Words formed from xylose

Questions about xylose

What does xylose mean?
Xylose means one of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
What is xylose in Hindi?
Xylose in Hindi is काष्ठशर्करा (kāṣṭhaśarkarā). See Xylose meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is xylose?
Xylose is a noun.
What is the plural of xylose?
The plural of xylose is xyloses.

Words near xylose in the dictionary

  1. xylos
  2. xylosaccharide
  3. xylosaccharides
  4. xylosan
  5. xylosans
  6. xylose
  7. xyloses
  8. xylosidase
  9. xylosidases
  10. xyloside
  11. xylosides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: xylose (page history and authors); xylose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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