TETRASACCHARIDE

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tetrasaccharide" 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 "tetrasaccharide"):

stachyose (a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke)