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wood sugars

wood sugar

noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C5H10O5, the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.

Origin:
1895–1900
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wood sugar n.
See xylose.

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