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A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
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ribose
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1892, from German Ribose (1891), from Ribonsäure , a tetrahydroxy acid, with first element shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from English arabinose (c.1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentose \Pen"tose\, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.) Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5 , such as as arabinose or ribose ; -- so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.