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uvate

uvate noun: a conserve made of grapes.

Noun

uvate (uncountable)

  1. A conserve made of grapes.
    • Aguascalientes also produces a fine grape preserve, commonly known as uvate.1892, Hubert Howe Bancroft, Resources and Development of Mexico, page 233
  2. A salt of uvic acid.
    • He, however, found that reaction takes place between silver uvate and ethyl iodide in the cold, but he used ethyl iodide diluted with alcohol, which alcohol probably contained enough water to re-produce uvic acid.1878, George H. U. Harrow, “On Pyrotritartaric and Carbopyrotritartaric Acids, Produts of teh Action of Dilute Sulphuric Acid on Diacetosuccinic Ether”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 33...

Origin of uvate

From Latin uva (“grape”) + -ate.

Questions about uvate

What does uvate mean?
Uvate means a conserve made of grapes.
What part of speech is uvate?
Uvate is a noun.

Words near uvate in the dictionary

  1. uvarovites
  2. uvarovitic
  3. Uvas
  4. uvaser
  5. uvasers
  6. uvate
  7. UVB
  8. UVB-induced apoptoses
  9. UVB-induced apoptosis
  10. UVC
  11. UVCE

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