geddic acid

noun

A carboxylic acid and saturated fatty acid found in cotton, carnauba, candelilla wax, and gedda wax.

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Meanings

noungeddic acid (uncountable)

alternative gheddic acid

  1. uncountablechemistryA carboxylic acid and saturated fatty acid found in cotton, carnauba, candelilla wax, and gedda wax.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
tetratriacontanoic acid

Origin

From gedda wax and -ic.

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