sucrose

[ soo-krohs ]
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nounChemistry.
  1. a crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.

Origin of sucrose

1
1855–60; <French sucresugar + -ose2

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How to use sucrose in a sentence

  • It doesn't matter, they say, whether that calorie comes from table sugar (sucrose) or HFCS.

  • Every fructose molecule in sucrose, in contrast, is bound to a glucose.

  • sucrose or cane sugar is most commonly manufactured from sugar cane and sugar beets.

  • But it is only with the crystallized sucrose, the familiar sugar of the market and the household, that we are dealing here.

    Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner Robinson
  • These processes produce what is called "raw sugar," of varying percentages of sucrose content.

    Cuba, Old and New | Albert Gardner Robinson
  • Sergeant Holden, go at once to the nearest Commissary and requisition 454 grams of sucrose.

    Class of '29 | Orrie Lashin and Milo Hastings
  • The man of whom we leased this acreage said he had a yield of from six to eight tons of sucrose an acre every year.

    Polly's Southern Cruise | Lillian Elizabeth Roy

British Dictionary definitions for sucrose

sucrose

/ (ˈsjuːkrəʊz, -krəʊs) /


noun
  1. the technical name for sugar (def. 1)

Origin of sucrose

1
C19: from French sucre sugar + -ose ²

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Scientific definitions for sucrose

sucrose

[ sōōkrōs′ ]


  1. A crystalline sugar found in many plants, especially sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maple. It is used widely as a sweetener. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of fructose and glucose. Also called table sugar. Chemical formula: C12H22O11.

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