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Thu Dec 22 2005 at 5:25:58

Xy"lose (?), n. [Pref. xylo- + -ose.] (Chem.)

An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C₅H₁₀O₅, formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.

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