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evernic acid

evernic acid noun: an acid found in some lichens.

Noun

evernic acid (uncountable)

  1. An acid found in some lichens.
    • The silver-salt, AgO, C₁₈H₉O₇, is obtained as a white precipitate, on addition of nitrate of protoxide of silver to everninate of ammonia. If evernic acid be boiled with strong alcohol, containng a few pieces of caustic potassa, until the whole is perfectly dissolved, and carbonic acid be passed...1850, Justus Freiherr von Liebig, Annual Report of the Progress of Chemistry, page 71

Origin of evernic acid

From Evernia, -ic, acid.

Questions about evernic acid

What does evernic acid mean?
Evernic acid means an acid found in some lichens.
What part of speech is evernic acid?
Evernic acid is a noun.

Words near evernic acid in the dictionary

  1. evermore
  2. evermoving
  3. everness
  4. Evernet
  5. evernic
  6. evernic acid
  7. evernimicin
  8. everninate
  9. evernine
  10. everninomicin
  11. evernioid

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