Meanings
adjectivefolic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to foliage; pteroylglutamic, as in folic acid.
It is especially abundant in green leaves of many kinds, including grass. Because of this fact, and since we have obtained what appears to be a nearly pure chemical entity, we suggest the name folic acid (Latin, folium—leaf).
1941 August 1, Herschel K. Mitchell, Esmond E. Snell, Roger J. Williams, “The concentration of ‘folic acid’”, in Journal of the American Chemical Society, page 2284
Origin
- Latinfolium“leaf”
- Englishfolic
From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ic. Coined in 1941 (see quote below).
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Czech listový
- listovýOf or relating to foliage
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