Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), a. [F. saccharin, fr. L.
saccharon sugar, Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. [,c]arkara. Cf. Sugar.]
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar;
producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine
matter.
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Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), n. (Chem.)
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also
saccharin.]
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Sulphinide \Sul"phi*nide\, n. [Sulpho- + amine + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A white or yellowish crystalline substance,
C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH, produced artificially by the oxidation of
a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest
substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening
power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of
saccharine. It has acid properties and forms salts (which
are inaccurately called saccharinates). --I. Remsen.
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saccharine
adj : overly sweet [syn: cloying, syrupy, treacly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "saccharine":
candied, cloying, deferential, disarming, honeyed, insinuating,
insinuative, luscious, mawkish, oversweet, rich, sickly-sweet,
silken, silky, sugared, sugary, sweet, syrupy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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