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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fructose /ˈfrʌktəʊz, -s/

▶noun Chemistry a sugar of the hexose class found especially in honey and fruit.

– origin C19: from L. fructus ‘fruit’ + -ose2.

'fructose' also found in these Oxford entries:

fruit sugar - inulin - invert sugar - laevulose - sucrose

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