Sucrose, a sweet, white crystalline substance, C12 H22 O11, OBTAINED CHIEFLY FROM THE JUICE OF THE SUGAR CANE AND SUGAR BEET, BUT ALSO PRESENT IN SORGHUM, THE sugar maple, some palms, and various other plants, and having extensive nutritional, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses; any of the class of carbohydrates to which this substance belongs, as glucose, levulose, and lactose.
