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wood sugar

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 10 O 5 , the dextrorotatory form of xylose: used chiefly in dyeing and tanning.

wood sugar

noun

  1. chem another name for xylose
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of wood sugar1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Xylose, also called wood sugar, is abundant in nature, being present in variable quantities in most plants.

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Cobalt will use the wood sugar “waste†from the particle board production as the feedstock to make biobutanol.

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