saccharate

American  

[sak-uh-reyt] / ˈsæk əˌreɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a salt of saccharic acid.

2. a compound formed by interaction of sucrose with a metallic oxide, usually lime, and useful in the purification of sugar.

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saccharate British  

/ ˈsækəˌreɪt /

noun

1. any salt or ester of saccharic acid

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Etymology

Origin of saccharate

First recorded in 1805–15; sacchar(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

The best antidote is a watery solution of a soluble salt of lime, i. e., the saccharate, which forms an insoluble salt with oxalic acid.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

The solutions used were potassium sulfide, saccharate of lime, and bordeaux mixture.

From Asparagus, its culture for home use and for market: a practical treatise on the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history by Hexamer, F. M.

The fructose is precipitated as a saccharate, which is filtered, suspended in water and decomposed by carbon dioxide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

This decomposes the saccharate of lime, which has been formed in consequence of the large excess of lime added to the clarifiers.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.