rhamnose
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" + -ose (“used to form names of sugars”).
Noun[edit]
rhamnose (plural rhamnoses)
- (biochemistry) A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides.
Translations[edit]
methyl-pentose