Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun etc. See glucose, etc.

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

  • noun (Physiol. Chem.) One of a class of carbohydrates having from three to nine atoms of carbon in the molecules and having the constitution either of an aldehyde alcohol or of a ketone alcohol. Most glycoses have hydrogen and oxygen present in the proportion to form water, while the number of carbon atoms is usually equal to the number of atoms of oxygen.

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

  • noun chemistry any monosaccharide

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word glycose.

Examples

  • I have personally filled about 300 of these with a mixture of cream, glycose, white chocolate, butter and rum, and I can assure that this was a time consuming and rather heavy operation.

    Chocolate course :-) magnio 2005

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.