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carbohydrate
sugar asukal (v.)
sugar asukar (n.)


Glosses: (~ related words)
carbohydrate
n. (substance)1. carbohydrate, saccharide, sugaran 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.
~ ribosea pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid.
~ beet sugarsugar made from sugar beets.
~ cane sugarsucrose obtained from sugar cane.
~ deoxyribosea sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids.
~ invert sugara mixture of equal parts of glucose and fructose resulting from the hydrolysis of sucrose; found naturally in fruits; sweeter than glucose.
~ macromolecule, supermoleculeany very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals.
~ maple sugarsugar made from the sap of the sugar maple tree.
~ monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugara sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates.
~ oligosaccharideany of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis.
~ polyose, polysaccharideany of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
~ jaggary, jaggery, jaggheryunrefined brown sugar made from palm sap.
~ wood sugar, xylosea sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics.