Vocabulary : Galactose to Galatian

Galactose : A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
Galage : See Galoche.
Galago : A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Galagos : of Galago
Galanga : Alt. of Galangal

Galangal : The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), -- all of the Ginger family.
Galantine : A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.
Galapee tree : The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
Galatea : A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.
Galatian : Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

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