Defenition of the word carbohydrate

• Defenition of the word carbohydrate

  • Any of the group of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, including sugars, starches and celluloses.
  • 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

Synonyms for the word carbohydrate

• • saccharide
  • sugar

Hyponyms for the word carbohydrate

• • beet sugar
  • cane sugar
  • deoxyribose
  • invert sugar
  • jaggary
  • jaggery
  • jagghery
  • maple sugar
  • monosaccharide
  • monosaccharose
  • oligosaccharide
  • polyose
  • polysaccharide
  • ribose
  • simple sugar
  • wood sugar
  • xylose

Hypernyms for the word carbohydrate

• • macromolecule
  • organic compound
  • supermolecule

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