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maleate

maleate noun: any salt or ester of maleic acid.

Noun

maleate (plural maleates)

  1. Any salt or ester of maleic acid.

Forms of maleate

pluralmaleates

Origin of maleate

From maleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words formed from maleate

Questions about maleate

What does maleate mean?
Maleate means any salt or ester of maleic acid.
What part of speech is maleate?
Maleate is a noun.
What is the plural of maleate?
The plural of maleate is maleates.

Words near maleate in the dictionary

  1. maleamic acid
  2. maleamide
  3. Malean
  4. Maleans
  5. malease
  6. maleate
  7. maleates
  8. malebait
  9. maleberries
  10. maleberry
  11. Malebolge

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