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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saccharine \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.
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]:
Sulphinide \Sul"phi*nide\, n. [Sulpho- + amine + anhydride.]
(Chem.)
A white or yellowish crystalline substance,
{C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH}, produced artificially by the oxidation of
a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest
substance known having over two hundred times the sweetening
power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of
{saccharine}. It has acid properties and forms salts (which
are inaccurately called saccharinates). --I. Remsen.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
saccharine
adj : overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {syrupy}, {treacly}]
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