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n. Any of a group of organic compounds that includes sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums and serves as a major energy source in the diet of animals. These compounds are produced by photosynthetic plants and contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio 1:2:1.

n. A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant; a saccharide.

n. One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

n. A general name for a group of organic bodies containing 6 carbon atoms or some multiple of 6, and hydrogen and oxygen in the proportion in which they form water (H2O), that is, twice as many hydrogen as oxygen atoms, as starch, sugar, and cellulose. Also carbhydrate.

n. 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

"And this is where the name carbohydrate comes from - "carbo" represents the carbon atoms, while the oxygen and hydrogen atoms represent water, or "hydrates"."

macromolecule    supermolecule   

monosaccharide    monosaccharose    wood sugar    simple sugar    xylose    deoxyribose    jaggary    cane sugar    polysaccharide    invert sugar   

complex carbohydrate    simple carbohydrate   

hydrate   

carb    lipid    Calorie    caloric    glucose    vitamin    high-protein    fatty    protein    folate