PENTOSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pentose" is a kind of...):

monosaccharide; monosaccharose; simple sugar (a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates)

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