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xeronate

xeronate noun: any salt of xeronic acid.

Noun

xeronate (plural not attested)

  1. (dated, no plural) Any salt of xeronic acid.
    • When dissolved in ammonia, and calcium chloride added, a crystalline precipitate is formed of calcium xeronate, C₈H₁₀O₄Ca + H₂O, and this when treated with hydrochloric acid does not yield xeronic acid, but is transformed again into the anhydride.1887, Henry Enfield Roscoe, A treatise on chemistry: Volume 3, Part 2

Origin of xeronate

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

Questions about xeronate

What does xeronate mean?
Xeronate means any salt of xeronic acid.
What part of speech is xeronate?
Xeronate is a noun.

Words near xeronate in the dictionary

  1. xeromorphic
  2. xeromorphous
  3. xeromorphs
  4. xeromorphy
  5. xeromycteria
  6. xeronate
  7. xeronic
  8. xeronic acid
  9. xerophage
  10. xerophages
  11. xerophagia

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