LAEVULOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laevulose mean? 

• LAEVULOSE (noun)
  The noun LAEVULOSE has 1 sense:

1. a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

  Familiarity information: LAEVULOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAEVULOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fructose; fruit sugar; laevulose; levulose

Hypernyms ("laevulose" is a kind of...):

ketohexose (a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group)