Definitions for sorbose

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sorbose sor·bose

Spelling: [sawr-bohs]

IPA: /ˈsɔr boʊs/

Sorbose is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in sorbose (beoorss).

Definitions for sorbose

noun

1. a ketohexose, C 6 H 12 O 6 , occurring in mountain ash and obtained industrially from sorbitol by bacterial oxidation: used in the synthesis of vitamin C.

Origin of sorbose

First recorded in 1895-1900; sorb(itol) + -ose²

Examples for sorbose

sorbose is a crystalline solid, which is not fermentable by yeast, but which otherwise closely resembles fructose.

sorbose is the only other ketohexose which has any importance in plant chemistry.