1. Plural of arabinose; compounds formed when arabinose (a five-carbon sugar) bonds with another molecule, commonly found in plant cell walls and used in biochemistry and medicine.
Usage: technical; biochemistry; plural form

Examples

• Arabinosides are important components of plant polysaccharides.
• The researcher isolated arabinosides from the plant extract.
• Arabinosides play a role in cell wall structure in plants.
• The drug contains arabinosides as active pharmaceutical ingredients.