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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

The commercial "essence of pine-apple," or "pine-apple oil," and "jargonelle pear-oil," are admitted only to be labelled such, but really are certain organic acid ethers.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

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