quinic acid

noun

A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

OriginQuechua kina →
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Meanings

nounquinic acid (countable and uncountable, plural quinic acids)

plural quinic acids · alternative kinic acid

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
chinic acid

Origin

  1. Quechuakina
  2. Englishquinic acid

From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.

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Chicago

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