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arabinose

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic عَرَب (ʕarab)bor. Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek Ἀραβικός (Arabikós)bor. Latin arabicusder. English arabic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English arabin Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English arabinose From arabin + -ose.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: arabinosa — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉伯糖 (ālābótáng) — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Esperanto: arabinozo — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Finnish: arabinoosi — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Indonesian: arabinosa — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Italian: arabinosio — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Portuguese: arabinose — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Spanish: arabinosa — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides
  • Thai: น้ําตาลอาราบิโนส (nám dtaan aaraabìnôht) — aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides