| 释义 |
saccharoid, a. and n.|ˈsækərɔɪd|
[f. Gr. σάκχαρ-ον sugar + -oid.]
A. adj. Geol. Having a granular texture resembling that of loaf-sugar.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 11 Saccharoid gypsum. Ibid. 79 Saccharoid, Saccharine. When a stone has a texture resembling that of loaf-sugar. 1833–4J. Phillips in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 560/1 Its frequent high state of granular or saccharoid crystallization. 1865Bristow tr. Figuier's World bef. Deluge ii. 72 Limestone becomes granular and saccharoid—it is changed into marble.
B. n. Chem.
a. (See quot. 1868.)
b. A saccharine substance.
1868Watts Dict. Chem., Saccharoid, a name given by Kane to a sweetish substance, probably identical with orcin, produced by the decomposition of Heeren's pseudo-erythrin (ethylic orsellinate). 1882Athenæum 2 Dec. 738/2 Non-nitrogenous food (stearoids and saccharoids). |