English noun: simple sugar | |||
1. | simple sugar (substance) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | ||
Synonyms | monosaccharide, monosaccharose | ||
Broader (hypernym) | carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | aldose, hexose, ketose, pentose, tetrose, triose | ||