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SACCHAROSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

Synonyms:

saccharose; sucrose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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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