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| rham·nose [ rám nss ] |
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sugar found plants and bacteria: a white crystalline sugar found in plant cells and the protective cell wall of some bacteria. 6H12O5
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| [Late 19th century. < modern Latin Rhamnus, genus name of the buckthorn (in whose berries the substance is found) < Greek rhamnos] |
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