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PENTOSE

• PENTOSE (noun)
The noun PENTOSE has 1 sense:

1. any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

Familiarity information: PENTOSE used as a noun is very rare.

• PENTOSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pentose" is a kind of...):

monosaccharide; monosaccharose; simple sugar (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)

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