Melitose

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

  Melitose \Mel"i*tose`\, n. [Gr. me`li honey.] (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).
     [1913 Webster]