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organic acid

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

noun

  • organic acids
    plural
  1. Chemistry. any acid containing a carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bond.


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


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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 organic acid is stored inside vacuoles until the next day.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015

Fruit contains organic acid, which, in a ready-made condition, is very beneficial to us; it needs only to be taken up by the stomach.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein

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