1. A glycoside in which the sugar component is a pyranose (a six-membered ring form of a monosaccharide).
Usage: chemistry; biochemistry; technical term

Examples

• Sucrose is a pyranoside composed of glucose and fructose units.
• The pyranoside structure is the most common form of disaccharides in nature.
• Maltose exists primarily as a pyranoside in aqueous solution.
• Researchers studied the pyranoside linkage to understand carbohydrate metabolism.
• The enzyme specifically cleaves pyranoside bonds in the substrate.