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erucic acid

American  
[ih-roo-sik] / ɪˈru sɪk /

noun

Chemistry.

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

erucic acid British  
/ ɪˈruːsɪk /

noun

  1. a crystalline fatty acid derived from the oils of rapeseed, mustard seed, and wallflower seed

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Etymology

Origin of erucic acid

1865–70; < New Latin Eruc ( a ) the rocket genus ( Latin ērūca; cf. rocket 2) + -ic

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The ingredient first called “low erucic acid rapeseed oil” was changed to “canola oil” in the 1980s.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2010

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