[ 'su:krəʊz , -əʊs ]
■ noun Chemistry a sweet-tasting disaccharide of glucose and fructose which is the chief component of cane or beet sugar.
Origin
C19: from Fr. sucre 'sugar' + -ose 2 .
[ 'su:krəʊz , -əʊs ]
■ noun Chemistry a sweet-tasting disaccharide of glucose and fructose which is the chief component of cane or beet sugar.
Origin
C19: from Fr. sucre 'sugar' + -ose 2 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004