noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1894 a crystalline aldose sugar C 5 H 10 O 5 that is not fermentable with ordinary yeasts and occurs especially as a constituent of xylans from which it is obtained by hydrolysis
XYLOSE
Meaning of XYLOSE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012