Saccharine

['sækəraɪn;-ɪn;-iːn]

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.

(n.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide.

Typist: Robinson

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Sugary, sweet.

Edited by Caleb

Definition

adj. pertaining to or having the qualities of sugar.—n. Sac′charāte a salt of a saccharic acid.—adjs. Sacchar′ic pertaining to or obtained from sugar and allied substances; Saccharif′erous producing sugar as from starch.—v.t. Sac′charify to convert into sugar.—ns. Saccharim′eter Saccharom′eter an instrument for measuring the quantity of saccharine matter in a liquid; Saccharim′etry Saccharom′etry; Sac′charin a white crystalline solid slightly soluble in cold water odourless but intensely sweet; Saccharin′ity.—v.t. Sac′charise to convert into sugar:—pr.p. sac′charīsing; pa.p. sac′charīsed.—adjs. Sac′charoid -al having a texture resembling sugar esp. loaf-sugar.—n. Sac′charose the ordinary pure sugar of commerce.—adj. Sac′charous.—n. Sac′charum a genus of grasses including the sugar-cane.

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