Assamar

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assamar \As"sa*mar\, n. [L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter.]
     (Chem.)
     The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a
     yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch,
     and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
     [1913 Webster]