Sucrose
Definition of Sucrose
Su´crose` | n. | 1. | (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 as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. At one time the term was used by extension, for any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type; however this usage is now archaic. |
Related Words
brain sugar, disaccharide, galactose, plant product, saccharose
|
Browse
Suckatash
Sucken
Sucker
Sucker fish
sucker foot
Sucker rod
Sucker State
Sucker tube
Sucket
Suckfish
Sucking
Sucking bottle
Sucking fish
Sucking pump
Sucking stomach
Suckle
Suckler
Suckling
Sucrate
Sucre
-Sucrose-
Suction
Suction chamber
Suction pipe
Suction pump
Suctoria
Suctorial
Suctorian
Suctorious
Sudamina
Sudarium
Sudary
Sudation
Sudatorium
Sudatory
Sudd
Sudden
sudden death overtime
Suddenty
Sudoral
Sudoriferous
|
|
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|