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wood sugar

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.

wood sugar

noun

  1. See xylose
    chem another name for xylose

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Origin of wood sugar1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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