Definition of
Molasses
- (noun, food) thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining
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Origin of the word Molasses
- 1582, from Port. mela?o, from L.L. mellaceum "new wine," properly the neut. of mellaceus "resembling honey," from L. mel (gen. mellis) "honey." Adopted in Eng. in plural form, but regarded as a singular noun. more
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