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vanillic acid

vanillic acid noun: the aromatic carboxylic acid 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid that is an intermediate in the production of vanillin from ferulic acid.

Noun

vanillic acid (uncountable)

  1. The aromatic carboxylic acid 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid that is an intermediate in the production of vanillin from ferulic acid

Words formed from vanillic acid

Questions about vanillic acid

What does vanillic acid mean?
Vanillic acid means the aromatic carboxylic acid 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid that is an intermediate in the production of vanillin from ferulic acid.
What part of speech is vanillic acid?
Vanillic acid is a noun.

Words near vanillic acid in the dictionary

  1. vanillatté
  2. vanille
  3. vanilleries
  4. vanillery
  5. vanillic
  6. vanillic acid
  7. vanillin
  8. vanilline
  9. vanillins
  10. vanillinyl
  11. vanillism

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