sucrose

su·crose   (sōō'krōs')    n.  A crystalline disaccharide of fructose and glucose, C12H22O11, found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets, widely used as a sweetener or preservative and in the manufacture of plastics and soaps. Also called saccharose. [French sucre, sugar; see sucrase + -ose2.]

sucrose 

Main Entry: su·crose
Pronunciation: 'sü-"krOs, -"krOz
Function: noun
: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugarC₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets

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.