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hydroxycinnamic

hydroxycinnamic adjective: derived from or pertaining to hydroxycinnamic acid.

Adjective

hydroxycinnamic (not comparable)

  1. Derived from or pertaining to hydroxycinnamic acid
    • a hydroxycinnamic ester

Origin of hydroxycinnamic

From hydroxy- + cinnamic. Back-formation from hydroxycinnamic acid.

Words formed from hydroxycinnamic

Phrases with hydroxycinnamic

Questions about hydroxycinnamic

What does hydroxycinnamic mean?
Hydroxycinnamic means derived from or pertaining to hydroxycinnamic acid.
What part of speech is hydroxycinnamic?
Hydroxycinnamic is an adjective.

Words near hydroxycinnamic in the dictionary

  1. hydroxycholecalciferols
  2. hydroxycholesterol
  3. hydroxycholesterols
  4. hydroxycinnamate
  5. hydroxycinnamates
  6. hydroxycinnamic
  7. hydroxycinnamic acid
  8. hydroxycinnamic acids
  9. hydroxycinnamoyl
  10. hydroxycinnamoyls
  11. hydroxycinnamoyltransferase

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