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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C₆H₁₂O₆. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

fruit sugaracrosecarbohydratefruit sugarlaevuloselevulose

Example

More examples

"High fructose corn syrup is found in about everything you eat these days."

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

Related phrases

D-fructoseL-fructosefructose 1,6-bisphosphatefructose 6-phosphatefructose syrupglucose-fructoseglucose-fructose syruphigh fructose corn syruphigh-fructose corn syruphigh-fructose maize syrup

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