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English Dictionary: saccharine by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
saccharine
adj
  1. overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? [or] ?), a. [F. saccharin, fr. L.
      saccharon sugar, Gr. [?], [?], [?], Skr. [cced]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.
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