/meuh las"iz/ , n.
a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.
[ 1575-85; earlier molassos, molasso ( e ) s
melaços, pl. of MELAÇO ( mellacium half-boiled new wine, for * mellaceum, neut. of * mellaceus honeylike, equiv. to mell-, s. of mel honey + -aceus -ACEOUS) ]