Carbohydrate

Mainly sugars and starches, together constituting one of the three principal types of nutrients used as energy sources (calories) by the body. Carbohydrates can also be defined ...

carbohydrate

Biotechnology; Genetic engineering

An organic compound based on the general formula C x (H 2 O) y , performing many vital roles in living organisms. The simplest carbohydrates are the sugars (saccharides), ...

carbohydrate

Health care; Diabetes treatment

One of the three main nutrients in food. Foods that provide carbohydrate are starches, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, and sugars.

carbohydrate

Culinary arts; Cooking

A broad category of sugars, starches, fibers and starchy vegetables that the body eventually converts to glucose, the body's primary source of energy. There are two classes of ...

bark

Plants; Horticulture

The rough outer part of the cortex; loosely used for the entire cortex.

articulate

Plants; Horticulture

Having nodes or joints where separation may naturally occur.

annular

Plants; Horticulture

Ring-like; said of leaf scars that encircle the bud, or bundle scars that are circular with an opening in the center.

Plants; Horticulture

On the front side, away from the axis, toward the subtending bract.

aphid

Plants; Horticulture

a small green or white insect that sucks juices from plant parts

apomixis

Plants; Horticulture

process of producing viable seed without fertilization

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Hybrid shark

A shark with parents from two different species of sharks, having its genetic structure from one species while looking physically like another. Hybrid ...