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Answer for the clue "Crystalline sweetener ", 7 letters:
sucrose

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Word definitions for sucrose in dictionaries

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).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sucrose \Su"crose`\, n. [F. sucre sugar. See Sugar .] (Chem.) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable ...

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.