Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A very sweet sugar, C6H12O6, occurring in many fruits and honey and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In chem., sugar of fruit, or levulose (C6H12O6).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.), rare Fruit sugar; levulose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry A monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin frūctus, fruit; see fruit + –ose.]

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From Latin fructus ("fruit") + -ose ("sugar") (derivation of sucrose).

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  • Gah, fart tag overload.

    September 19, 2009

  • Brackets!!

    *giggle*

    How often do you see those three words strung together? Honestly, now?

    September 19, 2009

  • Someone doesn't like fructose....

    September 19, 2009