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sucrose

sucrose

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Noun

sucrose (countable and uncountable, plural sucroses)

  1. (biochemistry) A disaccharide with formula C12H22O11, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.

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Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧cro‧se

Etymology

From French sucre (sugar), derivation of Latin saccharum + -ose.

Noun

sucrose f, m (uncountable)

  1. sucrose

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