See Also: godetia(dictionary)

monosaccharide (iou) and godetia (iou)


monosaccharide (iou)



monosaccharide noun. L19.
[from MONO- + SACCHARIDE.]
Biochemistry. A sugar which cannot be hydrolysed to give simpler sugars.
Also monosaccharose noun E20.

godetia (iou)



godetia noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from C. H. Godet (1797-1879), Swiss botanist + -IA1.]
Any of several N. American plants of the former genus Godetia (now included in Clarkia), of the willowherb family, much grown as summer annuals.