Carbon Jargon:

• amylopectin -- one of the two major components of starch; highly branched chains of glucose molecules; composed of between 10,000 and 100,000 glucose molecules
• amylose -- one of the two major components of starch; essentially unbranched chains of glucose molecules (NOTE: Do not confuse amylose with the enzyme amylase used in digestion)
• glucans -- glucose molecules
• glycosidic bond -- covalent bond formed by dehydration synthesis which holds together the glucose molecules in a polysaccharide