fructose Chem.
(ˈfrʌktəʊs)
[f. L. fruct-us fruit + -ose.]
‘Fruit sugar or lævulose. Also applied to the sugar found in fruit, which consists of variable proportions of lævulose and dextrose’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1885).
| 1864 in Webster. 1893 P. F. Frankland Secr. Friends & Foes 104 One of the principal artificial sugars prepared by Fischer is called fructose. 1894 Gould Illustr. Dict. Med., Fructose, C6H12O6 Fruit-sugar, formerly called levulose. |