Melitose

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Mel´i`tose`


n.1.(Chem.) 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).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Other free sugar such as maltose, melitose, melibiose, raffinose and stachyose occur in low quantities.
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