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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), n. (Chem.)
A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also
{saccharin}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saccharin \Sac"cha*rin\ (s[a^]k"k[.a]*r[i^]n), n. [F., from L.
saccharon sugar.] (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).
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
saccharin
n : a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used
as a calorie-free sweetener
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