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SORBITE
Etymology
Noun
sorbite (countable and uncountable, plural sorbites)
(obsolete) Pearlite.
Anagrams
• broties, obiters, rose bit, torbies
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"bite, n. Etym: [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.)
Definition: A sugarlike substance, isomeric with mannite and dulcite, found with sorbin in the ripe berries of the sorb, and extracted as a sirup or a white crystalline substance.
– Sor*bit"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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