SORBIC ACID


Meaning of SORBIC ACID in English

Pronunciation: ' so ̇ r-bik-

Function: noun

Etymology: sorb fruit of the service or related trees, from French sorbe, from Latin sorbum

Date: 1815

: a crystalline acid C 6 H 8 O 2 obtained from the unripe fruits of the mountain ash or synthesized and used especially as a fungicide and food preservative

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