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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits [syn: dextrose, dextroglucose, grape sugar]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1869 dextrorotatory glucose

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Chem. the dextrorotatory form of glucose. Etymology: formed as DEXTRO- + -OSE(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dextrose Dex"trose`, n. [See Dexter.] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits. Dextrose and levulose are obtained by the inversion of cane sugar or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Glucose Glu"cose`, n. [Gr. ? sweet. Cf. Glycerin.] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose. 2. (Chem.) Any one of a large class of sugars, isometric with glucose proper, and including levulose, galactose, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Dextrose is a natural form of sugar that is found in fruits, honey, and in the blood of animals.