The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mellitic
Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See Mellite.] (Chem.)
Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.
Mellitic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic substance, C6(CO2H)6, occurring naturally in combination with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and hence called also graphitic acid.
Wiktionary
mellitic
a. 1 Of or pertaining to honey or sugar 2 Of or pertaining to mellite