Raffinose Definition

răfə-nōs
noun
A sweetish, crystalline trisaccharide, C18H32O165H2O, derived from sugar beets, cottonseed, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Raffinose

Noun

Singular:
raffinose
Plural:
raffinoses

Origin of Raffinose

  • French from raffiner to refine re- again (from Old French re–) affiner to refine (from Old French) (a- to) (from Latin ad- ad–) (fin fine) (from Old French fine1)

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

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