Hexose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various simple sugars, such as glucose and fructose, that have six carbon atoms per molecule.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sugar or saccharide containing six carbon atoms.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A simple sugar (monosaccharide) containing six atoms of carbon.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    monosaccharide    monosaccharose    simple sugar   
    Hyponym
    aldohexose    ketohexose    fuculose    fucose    rhamnose   
     
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