xylitol

See also: Xylitol

English

Etymology

From Latin xylos (“wood or cotton-tree”) + -itol (“anhydric alcohol”).

Noun

xylitol (countable and uncountable, plural xylitols)

(chemistry) a pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener

Synonyms

E967 when used as a sweetener

Translations

an alcohol

Chinese:
Mandarin: 木糖醇 (zh) (mùtángchún)
Finnish: ksylitoli (fi)
German: Xylitol (de) n
Greek: ξυλιτόλη (xylitóli)
Hungarian: xilitol
Japanese: キシリトール (kishiritōru)

Korean: 자일리톨 (jaillitol), 크실리톨 (keusillitol)
Portuguese: xilitol m
Russian: ксилит (ru) (ksilit)
Spanish: xilitol m
Swedish: xylitol
Uzbek: ksilit

Further reading

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Anagrams

lyxitol

Spanish

Noun

xylitol m (plural xylitoles)

xylitol

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