saccharin

noun

A white crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, having a taste about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a calorie-free sweetener.

noun

The anhydrid of saccharic acid, C6H10O5. It is a crystalline solid having a bitter taste, dextrorotatory, and non-fermentable.

noun

A complex benzin derivative, benzoyl-sulphimide, C6H4SO2.CONH.

noun

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).

noun

a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

noun

a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener