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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, modification of Greek gleukos must, sweet wine; akin to Greek glykys sweet — more at dulcet Date: 1840 1. a crystalline sugar C₆H₁₂O₆; specifically the sweet colorless soluble dextrorotatory form that occurs widely in nature and is the usual form in which carbohydrate is assimilated by animals 2. a light-colored syrup made from cornstarch

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a simple sugar containing six carbon atoms, found mainly in its dextrorotatory form (see DEXTROSE), which is an important energy source in living organisms and obtainable from some carbohydrates by hydrolysis. Usage: Chem. formula: C6H12O6 2 a syrup containing glucose sugars from the incomplete hydrolysis of starch. Etymology: F f. Gk gleukos sweet wine, rel. to glukus sweet

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

Glucose is a type of sugar that gives you energy.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Grape-sugar, starch-sugar, diabetic sugar.