melitose

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A sugar (C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁) obtained from the manna which falls in opaque drops from various species of Eucalyptus growing in Tasmania.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (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).

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• noun organic chemistry 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).