TRISACCHARIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trisaccharide mean? 

• TRISACCHARIDE (noun)
  The noun TRISACCHARIDE has 1 sense:

1. any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

  Familiarity information: TRISACCHARIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRISACCHARIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("trisaccharide" is a kind of...):

oligosaccharide (any of the carbohydrates that yield only a few monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trisaccharide"):

raffinose (a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals)