caproic acid

American

[kuh-proh-ik] / kəˈproʊ ɪk /

noun

an oily, colorless or yellow liquid, C 6 H 12 O 2 , with an odor like limburger cheese, usually obtained from fatty animal tissue or coconut oil, or synthesized: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavoring agents.

caproic acid British

/ kəˈprəʊɪk /

noun

another name for hexanoic acid

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Etymology

Origin of caproic acid

First recorded in 1830–40; alteration of capric acid

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Associated words: butyric, butyrin, butyrometer, butyrate, dairy, creamery, churn, butterine, capric, caprylic, caproic acid, butyraceous. butterflies, n. pl.

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