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SACCHARIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("saccharin" is a kind of...):
sweetener; sweetening (something added to foods to make them taste sweeter)