n. a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The anhydrid of saccharic acid, C6H10O5. It is a crystalline solid having a bitter taste, dextrorotatory, and non-fermentable.
n. A complex benzin derivative, benzoyl-sulphimide, C6H4SO2.CONH.
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n. a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
Word Usage
"Queeny was convinced there was money to be made manufacturing a substance called saccharin, an artificial sweetener then imported from Germany."