Where does “xylofucogalactan” come from?

xylofucogalactan (English) comes from English fucogalactan, from English galactan — A polysaccharide consisting of many galactose...

xylofucogalactan (English): A polysaccharide composed of xylose, fucose and galactose residues

Definitions

  1. A polysaccharide composed of xylose, fucose and galactose residues

Ancestry of “xylofucogalactan”, step by step

xylofucogalactan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fucogalactan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfucogalactanA polysaccharide composed of fucose and galactose residues
2EnglishgalactanA polysaccharide consisting of many galactose...

via English xylo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxyloxylophone
Every word from English galactan