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From naphthalene + acetic acid.
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Today it means: Either of two isomeric carboxylic acids in which a carboxymethyl group is attached to a naphthalene residue; the 1- isomer is an auxin Full definition →
From naphthalene + acetic acid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.