SUCROSE


Meaning of SUCROSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsü-ˌkrōs, -ˌkrōz ]

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

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