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sucrose

su.crose \'su:-.kro-s, -.kro-z\ n [ISV, fr. F sucre sugar] : a sweet 
   crystalline dextrorotatory nonreducing disaccharide sugar C12 H22O11 that 
   occurs naturally in most land plants and is the sugar obtained from 
   sugarcane or sugar beets