molasses

(mə las′iz)

noun

a thick, usually dark-brown syrup produced during the refining of sugar, or from sorghum, etc.

Origin: < Port melaço < LL mellaceum, must < L mellaceus, resembling honey < mel, honey: see mildew

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noun pl. molasses

A thick syrup produced in refining raw sugar and ranging from light to dark brown in color.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese melaços

Origin: , pl. of melaço

Origin: , from Late Latin mellāceum, must

Origin: , from Latin mel, mell-, honey; see melit- in Indo-European roots

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