'Saccharic' definitions:
Definition of 'Saccharic'
From: GCIDE
- Saccharic \Sac*char"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances; specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose, sucrose, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'saccharic'
From: GCIDE
- Melassic \Me*las"sic\, a. [See Molasses.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical with saccharic acid (also called D-glucaric acid or tetrahydroxyadipic acid). See Saccharic. [1913 Webster]