Hypertext Webster Gateway: "levulose"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Levulose \Lev"u*lose`\ (l[e^]v"[-u]*l[=o]s`), n. [See {Levo-}.]
(Chem.)
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized,
occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence
called also {fruit sugar}. It is called levulose, because it
rotates the plane of polarization to the left. [Written also
{l[ae]vulose}.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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