Fructose Definition

frŭktōs, fro͝ok-
noun
A crystalline monosaccharide found in sweet fruits and in honey; fruit sugar; levulose.
Webster's New World
A very sweet monosaccharide sugar, C6 H12 O6 , occurring in many fruits and in honey, and used as a preservative for foodstuffs and as an intravenous nutrient.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Origin of Fructose

  • From Latin fructus (“fruit”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin frūctus fruit fruit –ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin frūctus fruit fruit –ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to fructose using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

Words Ending With

Unscrambles

fructose