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mo·las·ses (mə las′iz)
noun
a thick, usually dark-brown syrup produced during the refining of sugar, or from sorghum, etc.
Etymology: < Port melaço < LL mellaceum, must < L mellaceus, resembling honey < mel, honey: see mildew
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