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ulmic

ulmic adjective: pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.

Adjective

ulmic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.
    • ulmic acid
    • ulmic precipitate

Origin of ulmic

Formed from the root of Latin ulmus (“an elm”), with the suffix -ic: compare French ulmique.

Words formed from ulmic

  • ulmic acid

Questions about ulmic

What does ulmic mean?
Ulmic means pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin.
What part of speech is ulmic?
Ulmic is an adjective.

Words near ulmic in the dictionary

  1. Ulmer's reed snake
  2. Ulmer's reed snakes
  3. Ulmerian
  4. Ulmers
  5. Ulmi
  6. ulmic
  7. ulmin
  8. ulmine
  9. ulmines
  10. ulminic
  11. ulminic acid

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