saccharin

sac-cha-rin · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A white crystalline compound used as an artificial sweetener, several hundred times sweeter than sugar but with no food value.

Related words

See also: aspartame, sugar, sweetener
Synonyms: sugar substitute, sweetener

Etymology

From Latin saccharum "sugar," from Greek sakkharon, ultimately from Sanskrit sharkara "grit, gravel, sugar."