The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sorbite
Sorbite \Sor"bite\, n. [L. sorbus service tree.] (Chem.) 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.
Wiktionary
sorbite
n. (context obsolete English) pearlite.