Trisaccharide

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trisaccharide \Tri*sac"cha*ride\, n. Also -rid \-rid\ (Chem.)
     A complex sugar, as raffinose, yielding by hydrolysis three
     simple sugar molecules.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  trisaccharide
       n : any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield three
           monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis