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fulvic

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

Adjective

fulvic (not comparable)

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

Noun

fulvic (plural fulvics)

  1. A derivative of fulvic acid.
    • We confirm here that isolated natural marine fulvics and marine fulvics synthesized in the laboratory affect the bioavailability of trace metals to marine phytoplankton.1983, Environmental Research Laboratories Publication Abstracts, page 49
    • Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect […]2020, Roger S. Wotton, The Biology of Particles in Aquatic Systems, Second Edition

Forms of fulvic

pluralfulvics

Origin of fulvic

From Latin fulvus (“tawny, reddish-yellow, fulvous”).

Words formed from fulvic

Phrases with fulvic

Questions about fulvic

What does fulvic mean?
Fulvic means of or pertaining to fulvic acid or its derivatives.
What part of speech is fulvic?
Fulvic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fulvic in the dictionary

  1. fulvenyls
  2. fulvescent
  3. fulvestrant
  4. fulvetta
  5. fulvettas
  6. fulvic
  7. fulvic acid
  8. fulvic acids
  9. fulvics
  10. fulvid
  11. fulvous

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