saccharide

[Eng. sacchar (ose); -ide.] Chem. (pl.): Berthe lot's name for a series of compounds formed by heating dextro-glucose and other kinds of sugar with organic acids. They are divided into four cla es: Glucosides, or those produced from dextro-glucose; levulosides, from lævoglucose; galactosides, from milk sugar; and i no sides, from inosite. The saccharides are soluble in water, and intensely bitter when they contain a volatile acid; insoluble when they contain a fixed acid. săc-char-if-er-ous, a . [Lat.saccharum=sugar, and fero to bear, to produce; Fr. saccharifère . Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes. săc-chăr-i-fy, v . t . [French sac char i fier ; Sp. sacarificar , from Lat. saccharum sugar, and facio (pa .fio)=to make.] To convert into sugar. săc-cha-ril-la, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Fabric : A kind of muslin. ( Simmonds .)