Etymology

melezitose

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Today it means: A non-reducing trisaccharide sugar produced by many insects that consume plant sap. Full definition →

French mélèze
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The story

  1. French · derived frommélèze“larch”
  2. English todaymelezitose

From French mélèze (“larch”) and melitose.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.