organic acid

American  

[awr-gan-ik as-id] / ɔrˈgæn ɪk ˈæs ɪd /

noun

plural

organic acids

1. Chemistry. any acid containing a carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bond.

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organic acid Scientific  

1. An acid that is an organic compound, especially a carboxylic acid.

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Example Sentences

No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid -- an organic acid that can be found in the plant kingdom.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2023

So they did all kinds of just really organic research and ended up settling on benzoic acid as the organic acid that was the most satisfying.

From The Verge • Jun. 29, 2021

Some of these microbes secrete an organic acid that allows them to dissolve the glass and consume its nutrients.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2015

The oxaloacetate is converted into another organic acid, such as malate.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

But most of the natural gums yield a mixture of galactose, some pentose, and some complex organic acid.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred