Glycoside Definition

glīkə-sīd
glycosides
noun
Any of a group of sugar derivatives, widely distributed in plants, which on hydrolysis yield a sugar and one or more other substances.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Glycoside

Noun

Singular:
glycoside
Plural:
glycosides

Origin of Glycoside

  • From glyco- (“a sugar”), + -ide (similar to glucoside), 1925–1930.

    From Wiktionary

  • glycose a monosaccharide (variant of glucose) –ide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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