Artificial sweetener

• A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar
• Used as a calorie-free sweetener
• Sweet stuff made in a lab
• It's cold tea at home with sweetener

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
white crystalline compound used as a sugar substitute, 1885, from German, coined 1879 by Russian-born chemist Constantin Fahlberg (1850-1910), who discovered it by accident, from Latin saccharon (see saccharine ). Marketed from 1887 as saccharine .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener with effectively no food energy which is about 300–400 times as sweet as sucrose or table sugar, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste , especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products such as drinks, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) a white, crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), n. (Chem.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also saccharin .]