carbohydrate

Noun
  1. An essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals;
    Includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances;
    Are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain (synset 114816873)
    is a type of: macromolecule, supermolecule - any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals
    subtypes:
    • ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
    • beet sugar - sugar made from sugar beets
    • cane sugar - sucrose obtained from sugar cane
    • deoxyribose - a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids
    • invert sugar - a mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose
    • maple sugar - sugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree
    • monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar - a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
    • oligosaccharide - any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis
    • polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
    • jaggary, jaggery, jagghery - unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
    • wood sugar, xylose - a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
    same as: saccharide, sugar

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