melassic acid

English

Etymology

See molasses, -ic, acid.

Noun

melassic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An acid obtained from molasses or glucose, probably identical with saccharic acid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “melassic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)