ribose

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1. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar,
definition	:	an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	ribonucleic acid, rna,
definition	:	(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell (noun.substance)