Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xylose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: xy-lose
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kes-der. Proto-Indo-European *ksewlo-der.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose From xylo- + -ose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

xyloses (plural)

Derived Forms

galactoxyloglucan nonxylose xylonic xylosan

Frequently Paired Words

xylosyl xylosylglucoside

Synonyms

wood sugar

Questions

What does xylose mean?: One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
Where does xylose come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kes-der. Proto-Indo-European *ksewlo-der.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon) English xylo- Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English xylose From xylo- + -ose.

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