| 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 |
a very fine sugar produced by grinding granulated sugar. |
| sugar beet |
a widely grown variety of beet that has a white root and is rich in sugar. |
| sugar cane |
a tall perennial grass of tropical and subtropical regions that has a stout, jointed stalk and is the principal 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. |