saccharin
(noun) a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
Source: WordNet® 3.1
saccharin (countable and uncountable, plural saccharins)
(chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products
• E954 when used as a sweetener
• characins
Source: Wiktionary
Sac"cha*rin, n. Etym: [F., from L. saccharon sugar.] (Chem.)
Definition: 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).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
