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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Triose \Tri"ose\, n. [Tri- + -ose.] (Chem.)
   (a) A sugar derived from a trihydric alcohol.
   (b) A trisaccharide.
       [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

triose
    n 1: any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon
         per molecule