ketohexose

English Thesaurus

1. a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	hexose,
definition	:	a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	ketose,
definition	:	any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose,
definition	:	a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits (noun.substance)