“+ noun
Etymology: New Latin Sedum + -o- + English heptulose
: an amorphous ketose sugar HOCH 2 (CHOH) 4 COCH 2 OH of the heptose class that is obtained especially from the leaves and stems of various stonecrops (as Sedum spectabile ), that plays a role in carbohydrate metabolism but is not fermented by yeast, and that is a laboratory source of d- altrose and d- ribose — called also altro-heptulose