Associations to the word «Pentose»

Wiktionary

PENTOSE, noun. (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

Dictionary definition

PENTOSE, noun. Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke