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fructose definition

fruc·tose (fruk′tōs′, fro̵ok′-)

noun

a crystalline monosaccharide found in sweet fruits and in honey; fruit sugar; levulose

Etymology: < L fructus, fruit + -ose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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