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Webster 1913 Edition

(răf′fĭ-nōsˊ)

Noun.

[F.

raffiner

to refine.]

(Chem.)

A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.

raffinose ‎(countable and uncountable, plural raffinoses)

(biochemistry) A trisaccharide, comprised of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants