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su•crose
Pronunciation: (sOO'krōs), [key]—
n. Chem.
a crystalline disaccharide, C
12H
22O
11, the sugar obtained from the sugarcane, the sugar beet, and sorghum, and forming the greater part of maple sugar; sugar.
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