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STACHYOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stachyose mean?
• STACHYOSE (noun)
The noun STACHYOSE has 1 sense:
1. a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke
Familiarity information: STACHYOSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("stachyose" is a kind of...):
tetrasaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)
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