sedoheptulose

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noun

A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

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Meanings

nounsedoheptulose (countable and uncountable, plural sedoheptuloses)

plural sedoheptuloses

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryA heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis

Origin

From sed(um) + -o- + hept- + -ulose, from levulose.

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Translations

Spanish sedoheptulosa
  • sedoheptulosaheptose ketose
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APA

sedoheptulose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedoheptulose

MLA

“sedoheptulose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedoheptulose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sedoheptulose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sedoheptulose.

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