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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics;
[syn: wood sugar, xylose]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Xylose \Xy"lose\, n. [Pref. xylo- + -ose.] (Chem.)
   An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5,
   formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

xylose
    n 1: a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for
         diabetics [syn: wood sugar, xylose]