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MELITOSE
Mel
"i *
tose
`, n.
Etym:
[
Gr.
me
`
li
honey.
] (
Chem.
)
Defn: A
variety
of
sugar
isomeric
with
sucrose,
extracted
from
cotton
seeds
and
from
the
so-called
Australian
manna
(a
secretion
of
certain
species
of
Eucalyptus
).