ruberythrinic acid

noun

An acid extracted from madder root; a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.

OriginLatin ruber →
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Meanings

nounruberythrinic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryAn acid extracted from madder root; a yellow crystalline substance from which alizarin is obtained.

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ruberythric acid

Origin

  1. Latinruber“red”
  2. Englishruberythrinic acid

From Latin ruber (“red”) + erythrin.

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