Etymology

apiose

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Today it means: A branched-chain sugar, 3-C-(hydroxymethyl)-D-glycerotetrose, that occurs in parsley and many other plants Full definition →

Latin apium
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromapium“parsley”
  2. English todayapiose

From Latin apium (“parsley”) + -ose.

Words from the same roots

Latinapium all →

achacheapioglucoside

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