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- noun (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name.
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- noun organic chemistry An
unfermentable sugar obtained fromeucalyptus or by thedecomposition ofmelitose .
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