Arabinose

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
pectinose

Etymology

From arabin + -ose.

Related phrases

cytosine arabinoside

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