sucrose

n. variety of sugar derived from sugar beets and sugar cane

Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula C12H22O11. Its systematic name is α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-fructofuranose. It is best known for its role in human nutrition and is formed by plants but not by other organisms.
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Sucrose /su·crose/ a disaccharide of glucose and fructose from sugar cane, sugar beet, or other sources; used as a food and sweetening agent and [more]Sucrose - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent
(synonym) saccharose
(hypernym) disaccharide
(hyponym) galactose, brain sugar

(n.)
A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type.