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sucrose

[soo-krohs] Origin

su·crose

[soo-krohs]
noun Chemistry.
a crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.

Origin:
1855–60; < French sucre sugar + -ose2
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any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis
class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group and one carboxyl group
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sucrose (ˈsjuːkrəʊz, -krəʊs)
 
n
the technical name for sugar
 
[C19: from French sucre sugar + -ose²]

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sucrose
1857, formed from Fr. sucre "sugar" (see sugar) + chemical suffix -ose.
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sucrose su·crose (s&oomacr;'krōs')
n.
A nonreducing crystalline disaccharide made up of glucose and fructose, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets, and widely used as a sweetener or preservative.

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sucrose   (s'krōs')  Pronunciation Key 
A crystalline sugar found in many plants, especially sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maple. It is used widely as a sweetener. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose. Also called table sugar. Chemical formula: C12H22O11.
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