Sorbitic

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

  Sorbite \Sor"bite\, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.)
     A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite,
     found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and
     extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance. --
     {Sor*bit"ic}, a.
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