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hydrocarboxylic

hydrocarboxylic adjective: describing a carboxylic acid that has at least one hydroxyl group.

Adjective

hydrocarboxylic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a carboxylic acid that has at least one hydroxyl group
    Synonyms:
    hydroxycarbolic

Synonyms of hydrocarboxylic

  • hydroxycarbolic

Origin of hydrocarboxylic

From hydro- + carboxylic.

Questions about hydrocarboxylic

What does hydrocarboxylic mean?
Hydrocarboxylic means describing a carboxylic acid that has at least one hydroxyl group.
What part of speech is hydrocarboxylic?
Hydrocarboxylic is an adjective.

Words near hydrocarboxylic in the dictionary

  1. hydrocarbonylation
  2. hydrocarbonyls
  3. hydrocarbostyril
  4. hydrocarboxylation
  5. hydrocarboxylations
  6. hydrocarboxylic
  7. hydrocarburet
  8. hydrocarburets
  9. hydrocarburetted
  10. hydrocarbyl
  11. hydrocarbylene

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