PENTOSE


Meaning of PENTOSE in English

/pen"tohs/ , n. Chem.

a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .