fruit sugar

noun

, Chemistry.

1. fructose.

fruit sugar

noun

1. See fructose
   another name for fructose

Word History and Origins

Origin of fruit sugar¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

There are about twenty-five stages or forms of dextrine between raw starch and digested starch or fruit sugar.

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The chief form of this carbohydrate is known as levulose, or fruit sugar.

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Moreover, fruit sugar appears to be more wholesome than that formed from starch.

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The nectar of fuchsia flowers has been shown to contain nearly 78% of cane sugar, the remainder being fruit sugar.

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A sugar very similar to this natural fruit sugar is made from the starch of corn and is called glucose.

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