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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) polysaccharide
a complex carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, formed by the combination of nine or more monosaccharides and capable of hydrolyzing to these simpler sugars.

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1. (noun) polysaccharide, polyose
any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

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