Associations to the word «Pentose»

Wiktionary

PENTOSE, noun. (carbohydrate) A sugar or saccharide containing five carbon atoms.

Dictionary definition

PENTOSE, noun. Any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King