trehalose
[tree-huh-lohs, trih-hah-lohs]
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noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
Origin of trehalose
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Trehalose seems to serve as the reserve food for fungi in much the same way that sucrose does for higher plants.
The Chemistry of Plant LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
Trehalose appears to replace sucrose in those plants which contain no chlorophyll and do not elaborate starch.
The Chemistry of Plant LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The quantity of trehalose in such plants reaches a maximum just before spore formation begins.
The Chemistry of Plant LifeRoscoe Wilfred Thatcher
trehalose
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Word Origin for trehalose
C19: from trehala
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