Melezitose

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap. uncountable

    "Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose."

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"Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose."

Etymology

From French mélèze (“larch”) and melitose.

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