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carbohydrate

noun
/kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/UK/kɑːɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/US

Etymology

From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon.

Definitions

  1. 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).
    • Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.

  2. Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates.

    • I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.

The neighborhood

Derived

amino carbohydrate, anticarbohydrate, carbohydrate loading, carbo-load, complex carbohydrate, lipocarbohydrate, noncarbohydrate, polycarbohydrate, simple carbohydrate, thiocarbohydrate, white carbohydrate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carbohydrate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at carbohydrate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at carbohydrate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA