dulcite

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Same as dulcitol.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Chem.) A white, sugarlike substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose or milk sugar.

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• noun organic chemistry A white, sugar-like substance, C6H8.(OH)2, occurring naturally in a manna from Madagascar, and in certain plants, and produced artificially by the reduction of galactose and lactose.