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A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
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levulose
Word definitions for levulose in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Levulose \Lev"u*lose`\ (l[e^]v"[-u]*l[=o]s`), n. [See Levo- .] (Chem.) A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar ; also called fructose . Chemical formula: C6H12O6 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) D-fructose, the left-rotating stereoisomer of fructose
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits [syn: fructose , fruit sugar , laevulose ]