glycoside

(glī′kə sīd′)

noun

any of a group of sugar derivatives, widely distributed in plants, which on hydrolysis yield a sugar and one or more other substances

Origin: Fr < glycose (altered after Gr glykys), for glucose, glucose + -ide, -ide

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noun

Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more nonsugar substances on hydrolysis.

Origin:

Origin: glycose, a monosaccharide (variant of glucose)

Origin: + -ide

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