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dicarboxylic

dicarboxylic adjective: having two carboxylic groups.

Adjective

dicarboxylic (not comparable)

  1. Having two carboxylic groups

Origin of dicarboxylic

From di- + carboxylic.

Words formed from dicarboxylic

Phrases with dicarboxylic

Questions about dicarboxylic

What does dicarboxylic mean?
Dicarboxylic means having two carboxylic groups.
What part of speech is dicarboxylic?
Dicarboxylic is an adjective.

Words near dicarboxylic in the dictionary

  1. dicarboxylase
  2. dicarboxylases
  3. dicarboxylate
  4. dicarboxylated
  5. dicarboxylates
  6. dicarboxylic
  7. dicarboxylic acid
  8. dicarboxylic acids
  9. dicarboxylyl
  10. dicarboxylyls
  11. DiCarlo

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