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molasses

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Noun — A dark, thick, sweet syrup made from sugar cane.

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Molasses comes from Portuguese melaços or Spanish melazos, from Late Latin mellacium (“must, honey-sweet thing”), formed from mel (“honey”), -āceus (“-aceous”) and -ium (see there for more). Some alternative forms were derived from or influenced by Spanish melaza and French mélasse, which are conjectured to derive from...

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