Etymology

seminose

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Today it means: A carbohydrate of the glucose group found in the thickened endosperm of certain seeds, and extracted as yellow syrup; D-mannose. Full definition →

Latin semen
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsemen
  2. English todayseminose

Latin semen seed + glucose.

Words from the same roots

Latinsemen all →

semenseminalseminomasemencineseminismseministseminivorous

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