trihydroxybenzoic

adjective

Relating to trihydroxybenzoic acids.

OriginEnglish benzoic ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

adjectivetrihydroxybenzoic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryRelating to trihydroxybenzoic acids.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  10. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  11. Englishhydro-
  12. Englishoxy
  13. Englishhydroxy
  14. Englishtrihydroxy
  15. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  18. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  19. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  20. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  21. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  22. Old Javanesejawa
  23. Old JavaneseJawi
  24. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  25. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  26. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  27. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  28. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  29. Catalanbenjuí
  30. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  31. Englishbenzoin
  32. Englishbenzoic
  33. Englishtrihydroxybenzoic

From trihydroxy + benzoic.

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APA

trihydroxybenzoic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trihydroxybenzoic

MLA

“trihydroxybenzoic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trihydroxybenzoic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trihydroxybenzoic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trihydroxybenzoic.

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