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pinic acid

pinic acid noun: a dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.

Noun

pinic acid (uncountable)

  1. A dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.
  2. (obsolete) An acid which is the chief constituent of common resin.

Origin of pinic acid

From Latin pinus (“pine”).

Words formed from pinic acid

Questions about pinic acid

What does pinic acid mean?
Pinic acid means a dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.
What part of speech is pinic acid?
Pinic acid is a noun.

Words near pinic acid in the dictionary

  1. pinhooking
  2. pinhooks
  3. Pinhos
  4. Pini
  5. pinic
  6. pinic acid
  7. pinid
  8. pinids
  9. pinier
  10. pinies
  11. piniest

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