ETYM French mélasse, cf. Spanish melaza, Portu. melaço, from Latin mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. Related to Mellifluous, Melasses.
Thick, usually dark, syrup obtained during the refining of sugar (either cane or beet) or made from varieties of sorghum.
Fermented sugar-cane molasses produces rum; fermented beet-sugar molasses yields ethyl alcohol.
Unsulfured raw molasses, called blackstrap, is a nutritious food, containing in 1 tablespoon 585 mg of potassium.
Thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. triacle a sovereign remedy, theriac, Old Fren. triacle, French thériaque.
A pale cane syrup; SYN. golden syrup.