carbohydrate
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nounPlural noun:
carbohydrates
- 1.
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant.
These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs).
Đồng nghĩa: carb, saccharide
- 2.
(broadly, colloquial, metonymically)(colloquial, by extension, metonymic) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.
I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
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From their general formula Cn(H2O)n; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.