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Sweet substance
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sucrose
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent [syn: saccharose ]
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sucrose is a common, naturally occurring carbohydrate found in many plants and plant parts. Saccharose is an obsolete name for sugars in general, especially sucrose. The molecule is a disaccharide combination of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"cane-sugar, white crystalline sugar used as a sweetener," 1857, from French sucre "sugar" (see sugar (n.)) + chemical suffix -ose (2).
Usage examples of sucrose.
Remember you’ll need glucose, lactose, dulcitol, sucrose, mannitol, maltose, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, and one tube for indole production.
As the subcellular particles are centrifuged in the gradient they are forced down the tube under gravity until they reach a zone in which the sucrose is the same density as they are.
A brief visit to the town library had provided the correct stochastic ratio for the explosive reaction between sodium hyper-chlorate and sucrose.