phenose

English

Etymology

Blend of phenyl +‎ dextrose

Noun

phenose (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with dextrose.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “phenose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Sophene, hopenes