(|)trīˌkärbə|lilik- noun
Etymology: tri- + International Scientific Vocabulary carballylic, former name of tricarballylic acid, from carb- + allyl + -ic
: a crystalline tricarboxylic acid C 3 H 5 (COOH) 3 found in immature beets and obtainable from citric acid by dehydration followed by hydrogenation; 1,2,3,-propane-tricarboxylic acid