(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:06:58

Me*lez"i*tose` (?), n. [F. m'eleze the larch + melitose.] Chem.

A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).

[Written also melicitose.]

 

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