pinic acid

noun

A dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.

OriginLatin pinus →
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Meanings

nounpinic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.
  2. obsoleteuncountablechemistryAn acid which is the chief constituent of common resin.

Origin

  1. Latinpinus“pine”
  2. Englishpinic acid

From Latin pinus (“pine”).

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