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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A disaccharide that is produced from the partial hydrolysis of cellulose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A biose, C12H22O11, obtained from cellulose by the action of acetic anhydrid and sulphuric acid and subsequent saponification. When heated, it decomposes at 225° C. It reduces Fehling's solution, is dextrorotatory, and gives glucose on hydrolysis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun biochemistry A disaccharide, found only as a repeat unit in cellulose, in which two glucose units are joined with a 1, 4-β linkage

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cell(ulose) + bi– + –ose.]

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