Meanings
adjectivemalic (not comparable)
- not comparablePertaining to apples.
The fruit tastes very tart and has a green apple/malic flavor that is more pronounced than any berry type flavors.
1999, James Austin Kennedy, Proanthocyanidins in Vitis Vinifera L., Cv. Cabernet Sauvignon Berries, University of California, page 40 - not comparablechemistryOf or pertaining to malic acid or its derivatives.
Origin
- Latinmālum
- Frenchmalique
- Englishmalic
From French malique, from Latin mālum.
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Rhymes with malic
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APA
malic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malic
MLA
“malic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “malic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/malic.
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