saccharide

Noun saccharide has 1 sense

• saccharide(n = noun.substance) carbohydrate, sugar - 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;
has particulars: ribose, beet sugar, cane sugar, deoxyribose, invert sugar, maple sugar, monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar, oligosaccharide, polyose, polysaccharide, jaggary, jaggery, jagghery, wood sugar, xylose
is a kind of macromolecule, supermolecule