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Definitions for: Saccharine
[adj] overly sweet
Webster (1913) Definition: Sac"cha*rine (? or ?), a. [F. saccharin, fr. L.
saccharon sugar, Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. [,c]arkara. Cf. Sugar.]
Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar;
producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine
matter.
Sac"cha*rine (? or ?), n. (Chem.)
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also
saccharin.]
Synonyms: cloying, sweet, syrupy, treacly
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