noun
- A simple sugar (monosaccharide) found in fruits and honey; another name for fructose.
Usage: chemistry; also called fruit sugar
Examples
- Levulose is the sweetest naturally occurring sugar.
- Honey contains a high proportion of levulose.
- The body metabolizes levulose differently than glucose.
- Levulose is commonly found in ripe fruits.
- Biochemists often use the term levulose when discussing carbohydrate structure.