Raffinose

Definition: Raffinose

Raffinose

Noun

1. A trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals.

Etymology: Raffinose \Raf"fi*nose`\, noun. [French expression raffiner to refine.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	A trisaccharide occurring in Australian manna (from Eucalyptus spp, Myrtaceae) and in cottonseed meal. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Raffinose - Beans contain large amounts of this complex sugar. (references)
		The sugars that cause gas are raffinose, lactose, fructose, and sorbitol. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "raffinose"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		棉子糖. (various references)

Danish		raffinose. (various references)

Dutch		raffinose. (various references)

French		raffinose. (various references)

German		Raffinose. (various references)

Italian		raffinosio. (various references)

Pig Latin		affinoseray.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "raffinose": raffinoses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-i-n-o-r-s"
	-1 letter: farinose.
	-2 letters: affines, erasion, infares, insofar, niffers, saffron, sniffer.
	-3 letters: affine, ariose, arisen, arseno, arsine, arsino, fainer, ferias, fifers, fraise, infare, infers, irones, niffer, norias, nosier, offers, reason, senior, senora.
	-4 letters: aeons, afire, afore, airns, anise, arise, arose, arson, earns, eosin, fairs, fanes, fanos, fares, faros, fears, feria, ferns, fiars, fiefs, fifer, fifes, finer, fines, finos, fires, firns, foins, fores, frena, fries, frise, froes, frons, infer, infos, infra, irone, irons, naifs, nares, naris, nears, neifs, noirs, noise, noria, noris, offer, ornis, osier, raffs, rains, raise, ranis, reifs, reins, resin, riffs, rinse, risen, roans, rosin, safer, saner, sarin, senor, serai, serif, serin, siren, snare, sniff, snore, sofar, sonar.
	-5 letters: aeon, aero, ains, airn, airs, anes, anis, ares, arfs, arse, earn, ears, effs, eons, eras, erns, eros, fain, fair, fane, fano, fans, fare, faro, fear, fens, fern, fiar, fief, fife, fine, fino, fins, fire, firn, firs, foes, foin, fons, fora, fore, frae, froe, info, inro, ions, ires, iron, naif, naoi, naos, near, neif, noes, noir, nori, nose, oafs, oars, offs, ones, ores, osar, raff, rain, rani, rase, refs, reif, rein, reis, rias, rife, riff, rifs, rins, rise, roan, roes, rose, safe, sain, sane, sari, sear, seif, sera, serf, sine, sire, soar, sofa, sone, sora, sore, sori, sorn.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-i-n-o-r-s"
	+1 letter: raffinoses.
	+2 letters: afforesting.
	+3 letters: foraminifers, overstaffing.
	+4 letters: afforestation, reafforesting.
	+5 letters: afforestations, foraminiferans, reaffirmations.
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