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Noun
1. a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
(synonym) monosaccharide, simple sugar
(hypernym) carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
(hyponym) triose

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Noun
1. a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates
(synonym) monosaccharide, simple sugar
(hypernym) carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar
(hyponym) triose