noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from French sucre sugar Date: 1857 a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory disaccharide sugar C 12 H 22 O 11 that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets
SUCROSE
Meaning of SUCROSE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012