hordeic acid

noun

An acid derived from barley (Hordeum spp.), possibly identical with lauric acid.

OriginLatin hordeum →
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Meanings

nounhordeic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn acid derived from barley (Hordeum spp.), possibly identical with lauric acid.

Origin

  1. Latinhordeum“barley”
  2. Englishhordeic acid

From Latin hordeum (“barley”).

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