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Sugar that's a component of RNA

Answer for the clue "Sugar that's a component of RNA ", 6 letters:
ribose

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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 .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid