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wood sugar
noun
, Chemistry.
- a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.
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Origin of wood sugar1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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