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xylates

xylates is the plural of xylate.

Meaning of xylate

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

Questions about xylates

What is xylates the plural of?
Xylates is the plural of xylate.

Words near xylates in the dictionary

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

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