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erucic acid

[ ih-roo-sik ]
/ ɪˈru sɪk /

noun Chemistry.

a solid fatty acid, a homologue of oleic acid, derived from oils of mustard seed and rapeseed.

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Words nearby erucic acid

erts, erté, erub, erubescence, erubescent, erucic acid, eruciform, eruct, eructate, eructation, erudite

Origin of erucic acid

1865–70; < New Latin Eruc(a) the rocket genus (Latin ērūca; cf. rocket2) + -ic
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British Dictionary definitions for erucic acid

erucic acid
/ (ɪˈruːsɪk) /

noun

a crystalline fatty acid derived from the oils of rapeseed, mustard seed, and wallflower seed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012