saccharoid, a. and n.
(ˈsækərɔɪd)
[f. Gr. σάκχαρ-ον sugar + -oid.]
A. adj. Geol. Having a granular texture resembling that of loaf-sugar.
| 1833 Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 11 Saccharoid gypsum. Ibid. 79 Saccharoid, Saccharine. When a stone has a texture resembling that of loaf-sugar. 1833–4 J. Phillips in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 560/1 Its frequent high state of granular or saccharoid crystallization. 1865 Bristow 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.
| 1868 Watts 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). 1882 Athenæum 2 Dec. 738/2 Non-nitrogenous food (stearoids and saccharoids). |