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Levulose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose. countable, uncountable

    "The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses."

  2. 2
    a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits wordnet

Etymology

Blend of Latin laevus + -ule + -ose. By surface analysis, lev(us) + -ule + -ose.

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