The simplest group of carbohydrates

• A sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Monosaccharides (from Greek monos : single, sacchar : sugar), also called simple sugars , are the most basic units of carbohydrates . They are fundamental units of carbohydrates and cannot be further hydrolised to simpler compounds. The general formula ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monosaccharide \Mon`o*sac"cha*ride\, n. Also -rid \-rid\ . [Mono- + saccharide.] (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates [syn: monosaccharose , simple sugar ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring.