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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from raffiner to refine, from re- + affiner to make fine, from a- ad- (from Latin ad-) + fin fine Date: 1876 a crystalline slightly sweet sugar C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆ obtained commercially from cottonseed meal and present in many plant products

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Raffinose Raf"fi*nose`, n. [F. raffiner to refine.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained from the molasses of the sugar beet.