Saccharine

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), n. (Chem.)
     A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also
     {saccharin}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saccharine
       adj : overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {syrupy}, {treacly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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