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Saccharin   Listen
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Saccharin  n.  (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline substance obtained from the saccharinates and regarded as the lactone of saccharinic acid; so called because formerly supposed to be isomeric with cane sugar (saccharose).





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"Saccharin" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'syntactic saccharin' and 'syntactic syrup' are also recorded. These denote something even more gratuitous, in that syntactic sugar serves a purpose (making something more acceptable to humans), but syntactic saccharin or syrup serve no purpose at all. ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


Words linked to "Saccharin" :   sweetening


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