rhamnose

[ ram-nohs, -nohz ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C6H12O5, that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.

Origin of rhamnose

1
<German (1887), equivalent to Greek rhámn(os) thorn bush + German -ose-ose2

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