Definition of saccharide Saccharide
sac•cha•ride
We found 3 definitions of saccharide from 3 different sources.
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What does saccharide mean?
WordNet
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| saccharide - 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 | ||
| carbohydrate, sugar | ||
| macromolecule, supermolecule any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | ||
| ribose a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid | ||
| beet sugar sugar from sugar beets used as sweetening agent | ||
| cane sugar sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent | ||
| 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 | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- saccharide, noun, singular of saccharides.
