nonose

N1O1N1O1S1E1

noun

A sugar or saccharide containing nine carbon atoms.

Scrabble 6
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnonose (plural nonoses)

plural nonoses

  1. biochemistryA sugar or saccharide containing nine carbon atoms.

Origin

From non- + -ose.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

nonose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonose

MLA

“nonose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonose. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonose.

Source: nonose on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.