Saccharic

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

  Saccharic \Sac*char"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, saccharine substances;
     specifically, designating an acid obtained, as a white
     amorphous gummy mass, by the oxidation of mannite, glucose,
     sucrose, etc.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Melassic \Me*las"sic\, a. [See {Molasses}.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from molasses
     or glucose, and probably identical with {saccharic} acid
     (also called {D-glucaric} acid or {tetrahydroxyadipic} acid).
     See {Saccharic}.
     [1913 Webster]