glucosamine

English Thesaurus

1. an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	amino, amino group,
definition	:	the radical -NH2 (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	glucose,
definition	:	a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	chitin,
definition	:	a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of certain fungi (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	polyose, polysaccharide,
definition	:	any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules (noun.substance)