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angelic acid

angelic acid noun: an unsaturated organic acid, CH₃-CH=C(CH₃-COOH), found in angelica and having pharmacological uses; the trans- form is tiglic acid.

Noun

angelic acid (uncountable)

  1. An unsaturated organic acid, CH₃-CH=C(CH₃-COOH), found in angelica and having pharmacological uses; the trans- form is tiglic acid.

Origin of angelic acid

From angelica.

Questions about angelic acid

What does angelic acid mean?
Angelic acid means an unsaturated organic acid, CH₃-CH=C(CH₃-COOH), found in angelica and having pharmacological uses; the trans- form is tiglic acid.
What part of speech is angelic acid?
Angelic acid is a noun.

Words near angelic acid in the dictionary

  1. angelfishes
  2. angelhood
  3. angelhoods
  4. Angelia
  5. angelic
  6. angelic acid
  7. angelic non-determinism
  8. angelic salutation
  9. angelic salutations
  10. angelica
  11. angelica tree

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