ribose (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[ribose 词源字典]
1892, from German Ribose (1891), from Ribonsäure, a tetrahydroxy acid, with first element shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from English arabinose (c. 1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic.[ribose etymology, ribose origin, 英语词源]