Saccharide

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  • noun. Any of a series of sweet-tasting carbohydrates, especially a simple sugar or an oligomer or polymer of simple sugars.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A compound of sugar with a base; a sucrate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. 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
    • Word Usage
    "Additional ingredients such as saccharide, may be added to enhance either the flavor or the fermentation process."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    macromolecule  supermolecule  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    beet sugar  cane sugar  deoxyribose  invert sugar  jaggary  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    carbohydrate  
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