agarinic acid

noun

ag·​a·​rin·​ic acid

¦a-gə-¦ri-nik-

: the free acid that is held to occur in agar

called also agaric acid

Word History

Etymology

agar + -in + -ic

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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