sucrose

(so̵̅o̅krōs′)

noun

Chem. a pure crystalline disaccharide extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets and consisting of glucose and fructose joined together in the molecule

Origin: < Fr sucre, sugar + -ose

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noun
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.

Origin:

Origin: French sucre, sugar; see sucrase

Origin: + -ose2

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