arabinoxylooligosaccharide

noun

An oligomer of arabinose and xylose

OriginEnglish xylooligosaccharide ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Latin saccharum →
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Meanings

nounarabinoxylooligosaccharide (plural arabinoxylooligosaccharides)

plural arabinoxylooligosaccharides

  1. biochemistryAn oligomer of arabinose and xylose

Origin

  1. Latinarabicus
  2. Englisharabic
  3. Englisharabin
  4. Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
  5. Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
  6. Frenchglucose
  7. Englishglucosebf.
  8. Englisharabinose
  9. Englisharabino-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kes-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ksewlo-der.?
  12. Ancient Greekξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon)
  13. Englishxylo-
  14. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)
  15. Englisholigo-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorkeh₂
  17. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ćárkaraH
  18. Proto-Indo-Aryan*śárkaraH
  19. Sanskritशर्क॑रा (śárkarā)
  20. Palisakkharā
  21. Ancient Greekσάκχαρ (sákkhar)
  22. Latinsaccharon
  23. Latinsaccharum
  24. Englishsaccharo-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  26. Englishsaccharide
  27. Englisholigosaccharide
  28. Englishxylooligosaccharide
  29. Englisharabinoxylooligosaccharide

From arabino- + xylooligosaccharide.

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