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fruc·tose

n 1  :  an optically active sugar C6H12O6 that differs from glucose in having a ketonic rather than an aldehydic carbonyl group  2  :  the very sweet soluble levorotatory D-form of fructose that occurs esp. in fruit juices and honey - called also levulose  .
 
     

 
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