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Definition of "saccharify" []

  • To convert (starch, for example) into sugar. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "saccharify" in a sentence
  • "It is proposed for use with sugar based raw materials, which do not require the heating necessary to saccharify cassava starch."
  • "Utilization of the cellulase and - glucosidase to saccharify cellulose yields 5-15 percent glucose syrups in continuous hydrolysis or 10-30 percent glucose syrups in batch hydrolysis."