fulvic

F4U1L1V4I1C3

adjective

Of or pertaining to fulvic acid or its derivatives.

OriginLatin fulvus →
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Meanings

adjectivefulvic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to fulvic acid or its derivatives.
nounfulvic (plural fulvics)

plural fulvics

  1. A derivative of fulvic acid.

    We confirm here that isolated natural marine fulvics and marine fulvics synthesized in the laboratory affect the bioavailability of trace metals to marine phytoplankton.

    1983, Environmental Research Laboratories Publication Abstracts, page 49
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    Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect […]

    2020, Roger S. Wotton, The Biology of Particles in Aquatic Systems, Second Edition

Origin

  1. Latinfulvus“tawny, reddish-yellow, fulvous”
  2. Englishfulvic

From Latin fulvus (“tawny, reddish-yellow, fulvous”).

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