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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fructose \Fruc*tose"\ (fr[u^]k*t[=o]s" or fr[u^]k"t[=o]s), n.
     [L. fructus fruit.] (Chem.)
     Fruit sugar; levulose. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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}; also called {fructose}. Chemical
     formula: {C6H12O6}. It is called levulose, because it rotates
     the plane of polarization of light to the left, in contrast
     to {dextrose}, the other product of the hydrolysis of
     sucrose. [Written also {laevulose}.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Note: It is obtained, together with an equal quantity of
           dextrose, by the inversion of ordinary cane or beet
           sugar, and hence, as being an ingredient of invert
           sugar, is often so called. It is fermentable, nearly as
           sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.
           Cf. {Dextrose}.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

















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