glycoside noun. ['glʌɪkǝsʌɪd] L19.
[from GLYCO- after GLUCOSIDE.]
Chemistry.
1. See GLUCOSIDE. L19.
2. Any of a class of sugar derivatives, many of which occur in plants, in which the hydroxyl group attached to the first carbon atom of a sugar is replaced by some other group, usually an alcohol or phenol. M20.

■ glycosidic [-'sɪd-] adjective of the nature of or characteristic of a glycoside E20.

■ glycosidically [-'sɪd-] adverb M20.

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