Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
deoxyribose \deoxyribose\ n.
a pentose (C5H10O4) in which one of the hydroxyl groups of
ribose has been replaced by a hydrogen. In deoxyribonucleic
acids, the deoxyribose is D-2-deoxyribose, in which the
hydroxyl at the 2 position of ribose is the one which is
replaced by hydrogen.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deoxyribose
n 1: a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids