Defn: Producing sugar; as, sacchariferous canes.
SACCHARIFY
Sac*char"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saccharified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Saccharifing.] Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -fy: cf. F. saccharifier.]
Defn: Toconvert into, or to impregnate with, sugar.
SACCHARILLA
Sac`cha*ril"la, n.
Defn: A kind of muslin.
SACCHARIMETER Sac`cha*rim"e*ter, n. Etym: [L. saccharon sugar + -meter: cf. F. saccharimètre.]
Defn: An instrument for ascertain the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts. [Written also saccharometer.]
Note: The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.
SACCHARIMETRICAL
Sac`cha*ri*met"ric*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to saccharimetry; obtained saccharimetry.