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Raffinose

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Noun
  1. 1
    A trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals wordnet

Etymology

From French raffinose, from raffiner (“to refine”) + -ose (“a saccharide”).

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