SUCROSE


Meaning of SUCROSE in English

/sooh"krohs/ , n. Chem.

a crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.

[ 1855-60; sucre SUGAR + -OSE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .