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SACCHAROSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
Synonyms:
saccharose; sucrose
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("saccharose" is a kind of...):
disaccharide (any of a variety of carbohydrates that yield two monosaccharide molecules on complete hydrolysis)
plant product (a product made from plant material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saccharose"):
brain sugar; galactose (a simple sugar found in lactose)
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