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mannose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
man-nose
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מָן (mān)bor. Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna)der. Late Latin mannader. Old English manna Middle English English manna Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English mannose From manna + -ose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

mannoses (plural)

Derived Forms

galactomannan mannaric mannosan mannosyl mannuronic methylmannoside monomannose oligomannosaccharide oligomannose paucimannose pentamannose polymannose

Phrases

mannaric acid mannonic acid

Synonyms

carubinose seminose

Questions

What does mannose mean?
A monosaccharide aldohexose found in manna and other legumes.
Where does mannose come from?
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מָן (mān)bor. Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna)der. Late Latin mannader. Old English manna Middle English English manna Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English mannose From manna + -ose.

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