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Glycoside

see synonyms of glycoside

Noun

1. glycoside

a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Glycoside

see synonyms of glycoside
noun
any of a group of substances, such as digitoxin, derived from monosaccharides by replacing the hydroxyl group by another group. Many are important medicinal drugs
See also glucoside

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Glycoside

see synonyms of glycoside
noun
any of a group of sugar derivatives, widely distributed in plants, which on hydrolysis yield a sugar and one or more other substances

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Glycoside

see synonyms of glycoside
n.
Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more nonsugar substances on hydrolysis.

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