(n)a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates, Syn.monosaccharose, simple sugar
n. (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose. [ 1913 Webster ]