rhamnose
English
Etymology
From Translingual Rhamnus "genus of buckthorns" + -ose (“used to form names of sugars”)
Noun
rhamnose (plural rhamnoses)
- (biochemistry) A methyl-pentose, 6-deoxy-L-mannose, which occurs in the leaves and flowers of poison ivy and is a constituent of many plant glycosides.
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