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Noun: fructose  'frûk,tows or 'frúk,tows
  1. A simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits
    - fruit sugar, levulose [N. Amer], laevulose [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: fructoses

Type of: ketohexose

Encyclopedia: Fructose