Sucrose Definition

so͝okrōs
noun
A pure crystalline disaccharide extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets and consisting of glucose and fructose joined together in the molecule.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Sucrose

  • From French sucre (“sugar"), derivation of Latin saccharum + -ose (“full of").

    From Wiktionary

  • French sucre sugar sucrase –ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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