Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless dextrorotatory carbohydrate, C18H32O16+2H2O, obtained in southern France from the sweet exudation of the young twigs and needles of the larch, Abies Larix, and from
Alhagi Camelorum from Asia. It forms small, lustrous, hard, monoclinic crystals, and melts at 140° C. In France it is sometimes used in place of sugar. In India it is employed as an aperient. Also calledmelezitriose .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix).
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- noun organic chemistry A non-reducing
trisaccharide sugar produced by manyinsects that consumeplant sap .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In addition, the combination of glucose and fructose and some maltose, melezitose and dextrin makes honey an excellent source of caloric energy.
Dr. Reese Halter: Giving Thanks for Bees Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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In addition, the combination of glucose and fructose and some maltose, melezitose and dextrin makes honey an excellent source of caloric energy.
Dr. Reese Halter: Giving Thanks for Bees Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Bell believed the sugar to be of a peculiar species allied to melezitose, but Ewell, [158] G.L. Spencer, and others definitely proved the presence of sucrose in coffee.
All About Coffee 1909
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Lactose, melezitose, mannose, rhamnose, and galactose were not found in any of the samples. doi: 10.1371 / journal. pone.0004804.g002
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