n :  a sweet crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugar C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ that occurs naturally in most plants and is obtained commercially esp. from sugarcane or sugar beets .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  su·crase 
 
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