Definitions for rhamnoses

rhamnoses rham·nose

Spelling: [ram-nohs, -nohz]
IPA: /ˈræm noʊs, -noʊz/

Rhamnoses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 594 anagrams from letters in rhamnoses (aehmnorss).

Definitions for rhamnoses

noun

  1. deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.

Origin of rhamnoses

German (1887), equivalent to Greek rhámn(os) thorn bush + German -ose -ose2

Examples for rhamnoses

The solution then gave the above mentioned characteristic tests for rhamnose.

Fustin, on heating with dilute sulphuric acid, gave fisetin and a sugar supposed to be rhamnose.

The exception referred to is the occurrence of a free sugar, supposed to be rhamnose, in a certain palm-wine.

Glucosides which are derivatives of rhamnose require a special enzyme, known as rhamnase, for their hydrolysis.

By warming with alkalies or barium hydroxide, rhamnose is colored yellow.

The plant, it will be remembered, was originally extracted with ether in which rhamnose is practically insoluble.

It is composed of one molecule of glucose united to two molecules of rhamnose (methyl pentose, C6H12O5).

Word Value for rhamnoses
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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