Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Sorbite
Sor′bite (·bīt), 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.