dulcite

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dulcite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dulcite \Dul"cite\, n. [Cf. F. dulcite, fr. L. dulcis sweet.]
     (Chem.)
     A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring
     naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants,
     and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and
     lactose or milk sugar.
     [1913 Webster]