sucrose

noun

su·​crose ˈsü-ˌkrōs 

-ˌkrōz

: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory disaccharide sugar C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets

Examples of sucrose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Beauchamp assessed the sucrose preferences of children ages 11 to 15 across a decade. —Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025

Tahara and his team fed water containing 0.1% caffeine to mice along with either 1% sucrose (sugar), or 0.1% saccharine. —Michael Franco, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024

Xylitol has the same sweetness as sucrose (table sugar). —Lauren O'Connor, Ms, Health, 18 Dec. 2024

Initial demonstrations, for example, showed the machine could easily flag the external addition of sucrose and D-tartaric acid. —Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary, from French sucre sugar

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

sucrose

noun

su·​crose ˈsü-ˌkrōs 

: a sweet sugar obtained especially from sugarcane or sugar beets

Medical Definition

sucrose

noun

su·​crose ˈsü-ˌkrōs, -ˌkrōz 

: a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugar C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially especially from sugarcane or sugar beets