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Home Â» Carbohydrate. Definition. noun, plural: carbohydrates. Any of the group of organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio of 1:2:1, hence the general formula: Cn (H2O) n. Examples include sugar, starch, cellulose and gums.
The name carbohydrate means watered carbon or carbon with attached water molecules. Many carbohydrates have empirical formuli which would imply about equal numbers of carbon and water molecules. For example, the glucose formula C 6 H 12 O 6 suggests six carbon atoms and six water molecules.