Sucrose

Chem. [f. F. sucre SUGAR + -OSE².] Any one of the sugars having the composition (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) and properties of cane-sugar; = SACCHAROSE.

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1862. [see prec.].

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1866. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 322. Saccharine … Bodies … may be divided into three classes: (1) Sucroses … (2) Glucoses … (3) Amyloses.

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1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., III. 200. The sucroses … cane-sugar, maltose, and lactose.

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