Word.ws English Dictionary

caftaric acid

caftaric acid noun: a cinnamate formed when caffeic acid and tartaric acid undergo esterification.

Noun

caftaric acid (uncountable)

  1. A cinnamate formed when caffeic acid and tartaric acid undergo esterification.

Origin of caftaric acid

Blend of caffeic acid + tartaric acid, since it is an ester formed from those two compounds.

Questions about caftaric acid

What does caftaric acid mean?
Caftaric acid means a cinnamate formed when caffeic acid and tartaric acid undergo esterification.
What part of speech is caftaric acid?
Caftaric acid is a noun.

Words near caftaric acid in the dictionary

  1. CAFTA
  2. caftan
  3. caftaned
  4. caftanned
  5. caftans
  6. caftaric acid
  7. cafuffle
  8. Cafuir
  9. café
  10. café au lait
  11. café au laits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: caftaric acid (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “caftaric acid.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/caftaric_acid. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.