Molasses
Molasses , noun
[French mélasse, compare Sp. melaza, Portuguese melaco, from Latin mellaceus honeylike, honey-sweet, mel, mellis, honey. See Mellifluous, and compare Melasses.]
The thick, brown or dark colored, viscid, uncrystallizable sirup which drains from sugar, in the process of manufacture; any thick, viscid, sweet sirup made from vegetable juice or sap, as of the sorghum or maple. See Treacle.