saccharide; sugar
Chemistry term for saccharides, including monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides. In everyday contexts, it can refer broadly to sugars.
Saccharides are a type of carbohydrate.
This beverage contains a lot of sugars.
Compound of 糖 (tō, 'sugar') and 類 (rui, 'kind' or 'category'), literally 'sugar category'. The term is a modern scientific coinage for saccharides.