Thesaurus:polysaccharide

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polysaccharide

English

Noun

Sense: a polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds

Synonyms

• polysaccharide

Hyponyms

• amylopectin
• amylose
• cellulose
• chitin
• dextran
• dextrin
• galactan
• glucan    [⇒ thesaurus]
• glycogen
• maltodextrin
• starch

Hypernyms

• carbohydrate    [⇒ thesaurus]