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plural carbohydrates
(organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. quotations examples
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.
2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist
(colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. examples