a sweetish, crystalline trisaccharide, CHO5HO, derived from sugar beets, cottonseed, etc.
Origin of raffinose
from French raffiner, to refine from re-, re- + affiner, to refine from a- ( from Classical Latin ad, to) + fin, fine + -ose, -oseraffinose
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raffinose
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A trisaccharide, C18H32O16, composed of glucose, fructose, and galactose. It is obtained from sugar beets and cottonseed meal and is present in many legumes.
Origin of raffinose
French from raffiner to refine re- again ( from Old French; see re- . ) affiner to refine ( from Old French) ( a- to ) ( from Latin ad- ; see ad- . ) ( fin fine ) ( from Old French; see fine1. )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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A white crystalline sugar obtained from cottonseed meal, sugar beets, and molasses. Raffinose is an oligosaccharide, consisting of three simple sugars (fructose, galactose, and glucose) linked together. Chemical formula: C18H32O16.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural raffinoses)
- (biochemistry) A trisaccharide, comprised of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants
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raffinose - Medical Definition
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A trisaccharide, C18H32O16, composed of glucose, fructose, and galactose. It is obtained from sugar beets and cottonseed meal and is present in many legumes.
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