From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), adjective [F. saccharin, fr. L. saccharon sugar, Gr. ?, ?, ?, Skr. [,c]arkara. Cf. {Sugar}.] Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saccharine \Sac"cha*rine\ (? or ?), noun (Chem.) A trade name for benzoic sulphinide. [Written also {saccharin}.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sulphinide \Sul"phi*nide\, noun [Sulpho-- + amine + anhydride.] (Chem.) A white or yellowish crystalline substance, {C6H4.(SO2.CO).NH}, produced artificially by the oxidation of a sulphamic derivative of toluene. It is the sweetest substance known, having over two hundred times the sweetening power of sugar, and is known in commerce under the name of {saccharine}. It has acid properties and forms salts (which are inaccurately called saccharinates). --I. Remsen.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: overly sweet [syn: {cloying}, {syrupy}, {treacly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "saccharine": candied, cloying, deferential, disarming, honeyed, insinuating, insinuative, luscious, mawkish, oversweet, rich, sickly-sweet, silken, silky, sugared, sugary, sweet, syrupy
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