Pentosans is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 444 anagrams from letters in pentosans (aennopsst).
German (1892), equivalent to Pentos(e) pentose + -an -ane
The pentosans, araban and xylan, occur normally in the stems and outer seed coats of many common plants.
That portion of the carbohydrates known as pentosans gives rise to furfuraldehyde, one of the important components of caffeol.