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WOOD SUGAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wood sugar mean?
• WOOD SUGAR (noun)
The noun WOOD SUGAR has 1 sense:
1. a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
Familiarity information: WOOD SUGAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
wood sugar; xylose
Hypernyms ("wood sugar" is a kind of...):
carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)
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