Mellitic

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

  Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.]
     (Chem.)
     (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine
         secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
     (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
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     {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic
        substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination
        with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced
        artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and
        hence called also {graphitic acid}.
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