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saccharoid

/ˈsækəˌɹɔɪd/

saccharoid adjective: having a texture like granulated sugar.

Adjective

saccharoid (comparative more saccharoid, superlative most saccharoid)

  1. Having a texture like granulated sugar.
    Synonyms:
    saccharoidal

Noun

saccharoid (plural saccharoids)

  1. A polysaccharide that resembles a sugar, often insoluble and not sweet.
    • A sweet taste is possessed by nearly all sugars, to a greater or less extent, though in some of the rarer saccharoids the character is very feebly marked.1898, Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann, Joseph Merritt Matthews, Commercial Organic Analysis
    • While the errors of the indirect procedure are chiefly manifested at high blood sugar levels, still we feel that in any critical study of the saccharoids the direct yeast procedure is the method of choice.1938, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 125, page 467

Synonyms of saccharoid

Forms of saccharoid

Adjective
comparativemore saccharoid
superlativemost saccharoid
Noun
pluralsaccharoids

Origin of saccharoid

From saccharo- + -oid.

Questions about saccharoid

What does saccharoid mean?
Saccharoid means having a texture like granulated sugar.
What part of speech is saccharoid?
Saccharoid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce saccharoid?
Saccharoid is pronounced /ˈsækəˌɹɔɪd/.

Words near saccharoid in the dictionary

  1. saccharocolloid
  2. saccharocolloids
  3. saccharofarinaceous
  4. saccharogen
  5. saccharogenic
  6. saccharoid
  7. saccharoidal
  8. saccharoids
  9. saccharolactone
  10. saccharolipid
  11. saccharolipids

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