having or designating a texture resembling that of loaf sugar
saccharoid marble
noun
2. biochemistry
any of a group of polysaccharides that remotely resemble sugars, but are not sweet and are often insoluble
saccharoid in American English
(ˈsækəˌrɔid)
adjective
Geology(of rock)
having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar
Also: saccharoidal
Word origin
[1825–35; sacchar- + -oid]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cross section, electrolyte, individualism, runway-oid is a suffix meaning “resembling,” “like,” used in the formation of adjectives andnouns (and often implying an incomplete or imperfect resemblance to what is indicatedby the preceding element). Other words that use the affix -oid include: alkaloid, anthropoid, cardioid, cuboid, planetoid