beet sugar |
sugar extracted from the roots of sugar beets. |
blood sugar |
glucose in the blood or the concentration of glucose in the blood. |
brown sugar |
unrefined or partially refined sugar whose crystals have kept a thin coating of dark syrup. |
cane sugar |
sugar made from the sugar cane. |
confectioners' sugar |
very finely powdered sugar with cornstarch added to prevent caking, used in making baked goods, candies, and the like. |
corn sugar |
dextrose, esp. that derived from cornstarch. |
fruit sugar |
fructose. |
grape sugar |
see "glucose." |
maple sugar |
a sweet, yellowish brown, crystalline substance obtained by fully reducing the syrup made from the sap of maple trees. |
milk sugar |
the sugar that is found in milk; lactose. |
powdered sugar |
sugar that has been ground very fine so that it has become a white powder. Powdered sugar is often used in icing for decorating cakes and other sweet baked things. |
sugar beet |
a widely grown variety of beet that has a white root and is rich in sugar. |
sugar cane |
a tall grass of tropical areas that has a thick stalk. Sugar cane is the main source of sugar. |
sugar daddy |
(informal) a wealthy older man who lavishes money and expensive gifts on a usu. attractive young woman in return for companionship and intimacy. |
sugar diabetes |
see "diabetes mellitus." |
sugar loaf |
a hard cone-shaped mass of sugar. |
sugar maple |
a maple tree of eastern North America whose hard wood is used for making cabinets and furniture and whose sweet sap is used to make maple syrup and maple sugar. |
sugar pine |
a tall pine tree of the northwestern United States, having sugarlike resin, large cones, and soft, reddish brown wood used for timber. |
sugar-cured |
of meats, esp. ham, cured with a mixture of sugar, salt, and nitrate or nitrite. |
sugar-free |
used to describe food products containing less than 0.5 grams per serving of sucrose or other forms of sugar. |