Hypertext Webster Gateway: "molasses"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Molasses \Mo*las"ses\, n. [F. m['e]lasse, cf. Sp. melaza, Pg.
mela[,c]o, fr. L. mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel,
mellis, honey. See {Mellifluous}, and cf. {Melasses}.]
The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable
sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture;
any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or
sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See {Treacle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
molasses
n : thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar
cane; especially during sugar refining
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