carbohydrate | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun carbohydrate has 1 sense

carbohydrate, saccharide, 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
--₁ is a kind of macromolecule, supermolecule
--₁ has particulars:

ribose; beet sugar; cane sugar; deoxyribose; invert sugar; maple sugar; monosaccharide, monosaccharose, simple sugar; oligosaccharide; polysaccharide, polyose; jaggery, jagghery, jaggary; wood sugar, xylose