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hederic acid

hederic acid noun: hederagenin.

Noun

hederic acid (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) hederagenin

Origin of hederic acid

From Hedera + -ic + acid, apparently used for the first time in English in 1849 in Vol. VII of the Chemical Gazette published by Richard and John E. Taylor, London, England in an article titled "On the constituents of the seeds of ivy", written by German professor L. (Louis?) Posselt, who was the first to extract the substance from ivy (Hedera helix) seeds. Original article was published in Liebig's "Annalen der Chemie" in January 1849.

Words formed from hederic acid

Questions about hederic acid

What does hederic acid mean?
Hederic acid means hederagenin.
What part of speech is hederic acid?
Hederic acid is a noun.

Words near hederic acid in the dictionary

  1. hederellid
  2. hederellids
  3. hederelloid
  4. hederelloids
  5. hederic
  6. hederic acid
  7. hederiferous
  8. hederiform
  9. hederim
  10. hederin
  11. hederins

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