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sucrose

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsukɹoʊs/
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/ˈsukɹoʊs/ · /ˈsuːkɹəʊz/ · /ˈsjuːkɹəʊz/

Definition of sucrose

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A disaccharide with formula C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, consisting of two simple sugars, glucose and fructose; normal culinary sugar.
    “There were four forms of sugar interesting to the physiologist---cane sugar, grape sugar, milk sugar, and liver sugar. They might be called, for the sake of distinction, sucrose, glucose, lactose, and hepatose. The first two were vegetable, the last two, animal products.”
    “Dextran is an indicator of cane deterioration and sucrose loss after harvesting of the cane.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle French sucre French sucre Ancient Greek γλεῦκος (gleûkos)der. French glucose English glucosebf. English -ose English sucrose From French sucre (“sugar”) + English -ose. By surface analysis, sucr- (“sugar”) + -ose.

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