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raffinose definition

raf·fi·nose (raf′ə nōs′)

noun

a sweetish, crystalline trisaccharide, CHO·5HO, derived from sugar beets, cottonseed, etc.

Etymology: < Fr raffiner, to refine < re-, re- + affiner, to refine < a- (< L ad, to) + fin, fine + -ose, -ose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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