rhamnose
rham·nose
noun \ˈram-ˌnōs, -ˌnōz\Definition of RHAMNOSE
: a crystalline sugar C6H12O5 that occurs usually in the form of a glycoside in many plants and is obtained in the common dextrorotatory l form
Origin of RHAMNOSE
International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Rhamnus, genus of the buckthorn; from its being produced from a plant of this genus
First Known Use: 1888
Rhymes with RHAMNOSE
arkose, Carlos, cosmos, crustose, cymose, dextrose, engross, erose, fructose, globose, glucose, jocose, lactose, maltose, mannose, morose, mythos, nodose, pappose, pentose, pilose, plumose, ramose, ribose, rugose, schistose, setose, spinose, strigose, sucrose, Sukkoth, triose, up close, vadose, verbose, viscose
rham·nose
noun \ˈram-ˌnōs, -ˌnōz\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of RHAMNOSE
: a crystalline sugar C6H12O5 that occurs combined in many plants and is obtained in the common dextrorotatory L-form
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