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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sucrose obtained from sugar cane.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sugar obtained from the sugar-cane, as distinguished from beet-root sugar, grape-sugar, starch-sugar, etc. See
sugar . - noun A general name for saccharose, C12H22O11, whether derived from cane, sorghum, sugar-beet, or maple, to distinguish it from the glucoses, milk-sugar, maltose, etc.
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- noun Sugar obtained from the
sugarcane plant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sucrose obtained from sugar cane
- noun sugar from sugarcane used as sweetening agent
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