Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.