SUCROSE
\sˈʌkɹə͡ʊz], \sˈʌkɹəʊz], \s_ˈʌ_k_ɹ_əʊ_z]\
Definitions of SUCROSE
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- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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- 1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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 as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.
By Oddity Software
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A nonreducing disaccharide obtained from cane sugar, sugar beet, and sorghum. It is composed of glucose and fructose linked via their anomeric carbons. It is used extensively as a food and a sweetener. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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s[=u]'kr[=o]s, n. the white crystalline compound known variously as cane-sugar, beet-sugar, maple-sugar.
By Thomas Davidson
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Cane-sugar or any of the sugars of the same composition& properties. [French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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[Fr.] Cane-sugar.
By Henry Percy Smith
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