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sorbic acid

sorbic acid noun: an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative.

sorbic acid: an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as...
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Noun

sorbic acid (uncountable)

  1. an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative
    Synonyms:
    E200 when used as a preservative

Synonyms of sorbic acid

  • E200 when used as a preservative

Origin of sorbic acid

Latin sorbum (“the rowan or serviceberry”).

Words formed from sorbic acid

Questions about sorbic acid

What does sorbic acid mean?
Sorbic acid means an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative.
What part of speech is sorbic acid?
Sorbic acid is a noun.

Words near sorbic acid in the dictionary

  1. Sorbia
  2. Sorbian
  3. Sorbianize
  4. Sorbians
  5. sorbic
  6. sorbic acid
  7. sorbicillactone
  8. sorbicillactones
  9. sorbicillin
  10. sorbicillinoid
  11. sorbicillinoids

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