Any sweet, crystalline solid disaccharide used as sweetener or preservative.
1. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: sucrose or saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. : a sweet material that consists essentially of sucrose obtained from sugarcane or sugar beets, is typically colorless or white when pure, and is commonly used to sweeten foods and beverages. 2. : any of numerous soluble and usually sweet carbohydrates (as glucose or sucrose) that occur naturally especially in plants. sugar. 1  any of a class of sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, as the disaccharides and the monosaccharides. 2  sucrose, esp. when prepared as a crystalline or powdered substance used as a food and sweetening agent. 3  a sugar bowl, specif. as forming a set with a creamer. 4  flattery; honeyed words. : a sweet substance usually in the form of white or brown crystals or white powder that comes from plants and is used to make foods sweeter. : the amount of sugar in one spoonful, lump, packet, etc. Definitions. 1  Also called : : sucrose, saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. sugar. n. 1. (Elements & Compounds) Also called: sucrose or saccharose a white crystalline sweet carbohydrate, a disaccharide, found in many plants and extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet: it is used esp as a sweetening agent in food and drinks. Formula: C12H22O11. Sugar. Definition. noun, plural: sugars. (1) Any monosaccharide or disaccharide, used especially by organisms to store energy. (2) Any sweet, crystalline solid disaccharide used as sweetener or preservative. Supplement. The term sugar is the generic term for any disachharides (e.g. sucrose) and monosaccharides (e.g. fructose, glucose). Sugars are essential structural component of living cells and source of energy in many organisms. 1 any of a class of sweet, soluble, crystalline carbohydrates, as the disaccharides and the monosaccharides. 2  sucrose, esp. when prepared as a crystalline or powdered substance used as a food and sweetening agent. 3  a sugar bowl, specif. as forming a set with a creamer.
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