xylose
         n 1: a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for
               diabetics [syn: {wood sugar}, {xylose}]

English Dictionary: xylose	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Xylic \Xy"lic\, a. (Chem.)       Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene;       specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids       produced by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and       pseudo-cumene.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Xylose \Xy"lose\, n. [Pref. xylo- + -ose.] (Chem.)       An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, {C5H10O5},       formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
xls          {Excel} {spreadsheet}.          (1995-10-17)