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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits [syn: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fruct- (from Latin fructus fruit) + ²-ose Date: circa 1864 1. a crystalline sugar C₆H₁₂O₆ sweeter and more soluble than glucose 2. the very sweet levorotatory d-form of fructose that occurs especially in fruit juices and honey — called also fruit sugar, levulose

Britannica Concise

Organic compound, one of the simple sugars (monosaccharides), chemical formula C6H12O6. It occurs in fruits, honey, syrups (especially corn syrup), and certain vegetables, usually along with its isomer, glucose. Fructose and glucose are the components of the disaccharide sucrose (table sugar); hydrolysis of sucrose yields "invert sugar," a
50:50 mixture of fructose and glucose. The sweetest of the common sugars, fructose is used in foods and medicines.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Chem. a simple sugar found in honey and fruits. Also called LAEVULOSE, fruit sugar. Etymology: L fructus FRUIT + -OSE 2

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fructose Fruc*tose" (fr[u^]k*t[=o]s" or fr[u^]k"t[=o]s), n. [L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.) Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Fructose is a sweet substance which occurs naturally in fruit and vegetables. It is sometimes used to make food sweeter.