Sugars are present in nature; plants make sugars through photosynthesis. The sugar (sucrose) you find in your sugar bowl is simply water-extracted from beet or cane by sugar producers.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Axim is a town, district and kingdom on the coast of Ghana. It lies 64 kilometers west of the port city of Takoradi, south of the highway leading to the CÃ´te d'Ivoire border, in the Western Region to the west of Cape Three Points.
The town has a population of 56,500 residents (2010), and is governed as an urban wÃ¤rÃ¤da. The original capital of the Kingdom of Aksum, it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Africa. Axum was a naval and trading power that ruled the region from about 400 BCE into the 10th century. In 1980, UNESCO added Axum's archaeological sites to its list of World Heritage Sites due to their historic value. Axum is located in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region, near the base of the Adwa mountains.