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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Raffinose  \Raf"fi*nose`\,  n.  [F.  raffiner  to  refine.]  (Chem.) 
  A  colorless  crystalline  slightly  sweet  substance  obtained 
  from  the  molasses  of  the  sugar  beet. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  raffinose 
  n  :  a  trisaccharide  that  occurs  in  sugar  beets  and  cotton  seeds 
  and  certain  cereals 




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