raffinose

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raf⋅fi⋅nose

[raf-uh-nohs]

–noun Biochemistry.

a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C₁ ₈H₃ ₂O₁ ₆·5H₂O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.

Also called gossypose, melitose, melitriose.

Origin:
1875–80; < F raffin(er) to refine (see raffinate ) + -ose ²

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raf·fi·nose (rāf'ə-nōs')

n. A white crystalline sugar, C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆·5H₂O, obtained from cottonseed meal, sugar beets, and molasses.

[French, from raffiner, to refine : re-, again (from Old French; see re-) + affiner, to refine (from Old French : a-, to from Latin ad-; see ad- + fin, fine from Old French; see fine¹).]

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Main Entry: raf·fi·nose
Pronunciation: 'raf-&-"nOs, -"nOz
Function: noun
: a crystalline sugar C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆obtained commercially from cottonseed meal and present in sugar beets and many plant products called also melitose

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raffinose (rāf'ə-nōs') Pronunciation Key
A white crystalline sugar obtained from cottonseed meal, sugar beets, and molasses. Raffinose is an oligosaccharide, consisting of three simple sugars (fructose, galactose, and glucose) linked together. Chemical formula: C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆.

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