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- Latin · derived frommalum“apple”
- English todaymaleic acid
From Latin malum (“apple”). Related to malic acid.
Words from the same roots
Latinmalum all →
peachmalicmalummalum in se
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
maleic acid
Today it means: an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, cis-butenedioic acid; HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of fumaric acid; it is found in unripe fruit, and is used industrially in the production of polyester resins Full definition →
Latin malum