oxalate

American  

[ok-suh-leyt] / ˈɒk səˌleɪt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any salt or ester of oxalic acid, occurring in plants, especially spinach, rhubarb, and certain other vegetables and nuts, and capable of forming an insoluble salt with calcium and interfering with its absorption by the body.

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oxalate British  

/ ˈɒksəˌleɪt /

noun

1. a salt or ester of oxalic acid

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oxalate Scientific  

/ ŏk′sə-lāt′ /

1. A salt or ester of oxalic acid.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• superoxalate
  noun

Etymology

Origin of oxalate

First recorded in 1785–85; oxal(ic) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

Some clinical groups have advised against consuming oxalate rich foods, such as spinach and rhubarb – and chocolate, for those who suffer from recurrent kidney stones.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2024

However, both layers contain a mixture of the oxalate minerals weddellite and whewellite.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

Chewing a portion of its stem can render someone temporarily but painfully speechless, as the calcium oxalate crystals in it can cause throat and mouth swelling.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Novome Biotechnologies, for example, has endowed a seaweed-digesting bacterium with the ability to degrade dietary oxalate, a compound that can lead to kidney stones.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 1, 2022

By heating a mixture of cobalt oxalate and sal-ammoniac in air, it is obtained in the form of minute hard octahedra, which are not magnetic, and are only soluble in concentrated sulphuric acid.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various