SACCHARINE

adj. Sa'k'a'r-i'n. Lat., saccharin us. Fr., saccharin. Ger., zuckerartig. 1. Combined with or containing sugar. [B.] 2. In botany, having a sweet taste. [B, 19 (a. 35).] S. acid. An old term for oxalic acid, so called because obtained by Bergman by the action of nitrous (nitric) acid on sugar. [B, 86.] Cf. SACCHARIC acid. [s. 424]