dulcite

English

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dulcite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

Latin dulcis (“sweet”).

Noun

dulcite (uncountable)

  1. (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.

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French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dyl.sit/

Noun

dulcite f (uncountable)

  1. dulcite

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