the name given by Berthelot to thesugar obtained from the manna of Eucalyptus mannifera.Chemically identical with the raffinose extracted from molassesand the gossypose extracted from cotton-seeds.
1894. `The Australasian,' April 28, p. 732, col. 1:
[Statement as to origin of melitose by the Baron von Mueller.]«Sir Frederick M'Coy has traced the production of mellitosealso to a smaller cicade.»