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Levulose
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A sirupy variety of sugar, rarely obtained crystallized, occurring widely in honey, ripe fruits, etc., and hence called also fruit sugar. It is called levulose, because it rotates the plane of polarization to the left. [Written also lævulose.]C6H12O6.