Associations to the word «Saccharin»

Wiktionary

SACCHARIN, noun. (chemistry) a white, crystalline powder, C7H5NO3S, used as an artificial sweetener in food products

Dictionary definition

SACCHARIN, noun. A crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats