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crotonic

crotonic adjective: of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives.

Adjective

crotonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives.

Origin of crotonic

From croton + -ic.

Words formed from crotonic

Phrases with crotonic

Questions about crotonic

What does crotonic mean?
Crotonic means of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives.
What part of speech is crotonic?
Crotonic is an adjective.

Words near crotonic in the dictionary

  1. crotonates
  2. Crotone
  3. Crotoniate
  4. Crotoniates
  5. crotoniazide
  6. crotonic
  7. crotonic acid
  8. crotonid
  9. crotonids
  10. crotonine
  11. crotonobetaine

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