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grape sugar

American  

noun

  1. dextrose.


grape sugar British  

noun

  1. another name for dextrose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of grape sugar

First recorded in 1825–35

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Earlier studies have already suggested that grapevine characteristics such as flowering and grape sugar ripeness may be linked to climatic changes.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2024

I don’t mean wines that are presented as dry, even though they may contain quite a bit of residual sweetness, that is, grape sugar that was not fermented into alcohol.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021

The Reich Air Ministry, at Hitler's own suggestion, stirred up a weird brew of grape sugar, soybeans, cocoa, meat and kola-nut extract, cast it into a "Luftwaffe bar" for tired pilots.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sugar.—Under this name are included four or five distinct substances, of which the most important are, cane sugar, grape sugar, and the uncrystallisable sugar found in many plants.

From Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson

By adopting this plan, the natural process is brought about, that of the starch being converted into grape sugar.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

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