STACHYOSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stachyose" is a kind of...):

tetrasaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield four monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)

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