sugar

n 1: a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and

preservative [syn: {refined sugar}]

2: an essential structural component of living cells and source

of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small

molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are

classified according to the number of monosaccharide

groups they contain [syn: {carbohydrate}, {saccharide}]

v : sweeten with sugar [syn: {saccarify}]

SUGAR

A simple {lazy functional language} designed at {Westfield

College}, University of London, UK and used in Principles of

Functional Programming, Hugh Glaser et al, P-H 1984.

(1994-12-01)