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SUCROSE

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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 ("sucrose" 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 "sucrose"):

brain sugar; galactose (a simple sugar found in lactose)

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 Context examples: 

Also called pellets or pilules, are made of pure sucrose, lactose, or other polysaccharides.

(Globule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

G. sanguinis produces acid from sorbitol, mannitol and sucrose and is positive for pyrazinamidase but negative for esterase C 4.

(Gemella sanguinis, NCI Thesaurus)

G. bergeri does not produce acid from maltose or sucrose.

(Gemella bergeri, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, pyrazinamidase positive, non-lipophilic, reduces nitrate, urease positive, does not ferment glucose, sucrose, or maltose, and is reverse CAMP positive.

(Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, urease negative, pyrazinamidase positive, reduces nitrate, ferments glucose and sucrose, non-lipophilic, indole negative, and hydrolyzes gelatin.

(Corynebacterium striatum, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase negative, does not ferment sucrose, reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Cedecea lapagei, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, non-spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, lipase positive, indole negative, ornithine decarboxylase negative, ferments sucrose reduces nitrate, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, and hydrolyzes esculin.

(Cedecea neteri, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, this supplement contains soy protein isolate and medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), sucrose and short-chain oligofructosaccharides.

(Pediatric Nutritional Supplement Drink, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is hemolytic, produces acid from sucrose, produces gas from glucose and produces indole and mannitol.

(Aeromonas veronii, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is nonmotile, catalase negative, alpha hemolytic, urease negative and produces acid from D mannitol, D sorbitol and sucrose.

(Aerococcus urinae, NCI Thesaurus)