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wood sugar

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.


wood sugar

noun

  1. chem another name for xylose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wood sugar1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Xylose, also called wood sugar, is abundant in nature, being present in variable quantities in most plants.

Cobalt will use the wood sugar “waste” from the particle board production as the feedstock to make biobutanol.

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