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sylvate

sylvate noun: abietate (salt or ester of sylvic acid (abietic acid)).

Noun

sylvate (plural sylvates)

  1. (archaic) abietate (salt or ester of sylvic acid (abietic acid)).

Forms of sylvate

pluralsylvates

Origin of sylvate

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

Questions about sylvate

What does sylvate mean?
Sylvate means abietate (salt or ester of sylvic acid (abietic acid)).
What part of speech is sylvate?
Sylvate is a noun.
What is the plural of sylvate?
The plural of sylvate is sylvates.

Words near sylvate in the dictionary

  1. sylvanium
  2. sylvans
  3. sylvanshine
  4. Sylvanus
  5. sylvas
  6. sylvate
  7. Sylvaterre
  8. sylvates
  9. sylvatic
  10. sylvatics
  11. Sylve

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