noun a bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid;
so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
noun a bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid;
so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012