Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wood_sugar

1 sense of wood sugar

Sense 1
wood sugar, xylose -- (a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics)
       => carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar -- (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)