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xylate

xylate noun: any salt or ester of xylic acid.

Noun

xylate (plural xylates)

  1. (dated) Any salt or ester of xylic acid.
    • The xylic and paraxylic acids are separated by the different solubility of their calcium salts, the xylate being the more soluble of the two.1878, George Fownes, Elementary chemistry, theoretical and practical

Forms of xylate

pluralxylates

Origin of xylate

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

Questions about xylate

What does xylate mean?
Xylate means any salt or ester of xylic acid.
What part of speech is xylate?
Xylate is a noun.
What is the plural of xylate?
The plural of xylate is xylates.

Words near xylate in the dictionary

  1. xylarinic acids
  2. xylarioid
  3. xylarium
  4. xylariums
  5. xylary
  6. xylate
  7. xylates
  8. xylazil
  9. xylazin
  10. xylazine
  11. xylazole

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