'melicitose' definitions:

Definition of 'melicitose'

From: GCIDE
  • Melezitose \Me*lez"i*tose`\, n. [F. m['e]l[`e]ze the larch + melitose.] (Chem.) A variety of sugar, isomeric with sucrose, extracted from the manna of the larch (Larix). [Written also melicitose.] [1913 Webster]