xylic acid

noun

xy·​lic acid

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: any of six isomeric crystalline carboxylic acids (CH₃)₂C₆H₃COOH derived from xylene; dimethyl-benzoic acid

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary xyl- + -ic

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