'Melitose' definitions:

Definition of 'Melitose'

From: 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]