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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches [syn: maltose, malt sugar]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from English ¹malt Date: 1862 a crystalline dextrorotatory fermentable sugar C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed especially from starch by amylase

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Chem. a sugar produced by the hydrolysis of starch under the action of the enzymes in malt, saliva, etc. Etymology: F (as MALT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Maltose Malt"ose`, n. [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power.