Definitions for raffinose

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raffinose raf·fi·nose

Spelling: [raf-uh-nohs]

IPA: /ˈræf əˌnoʊs/

Raffinose is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 463 anagrams from letters in raffinose (aeffinors).

Definitions for raffinose

noun

1. a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 18 H 32 O 16 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.

Origin of raffinose

1875-80; French raffin(er) to refine (see raffinate) + -ose²

Examples for raffinose

It is a constituent of sucrose, of raffinose, and of the polysaccharide inulin, from which it may be obtained by hydrolysis.

Three trisaccharides which are non-reducing sugars are found in plants; namely, raffinose, gentianose, and melizitose.

The hydrolysis of raffinose presents several interesting possibilities.