grape sugar

American  

noun

1. dextrose.

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grape sugar British  

noun

1. another name for dextrose

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Etymology

Origin of grape sugar

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

Earlier studies have already suggested that grapevine characteristics such as flowering and grape sugar ripeness may be linked to climatic changes.

From Salon

I don’t mean wines that are presented as dry, even though they may contain quite a bit of residual sweetness, that is, grape sugar that was not fermented into alcohol.

From New York Times

Yeast ferment all or nearly all of the grape sugar into alcohol.

From New York Times

Wines can range from around 7 percent for a sweet wine, in which all the grape sugar is not fermented into alcohol, to 20 percent for a wine fortified with spirits, like port.

From New York Times

He survived on five mooncakes and a bag of grape sugar.

From New York Times