[sor.bic acid] n [sorb fruit of the service or related trees, fr. F sorbe, fr. L sorbum] (1815): a crystalline acid obtained from the unripe fruits of the mountain ash or synthesized and used esp. as a fungicide and food preservative
SORBIC ACID
Meaning of SORBIC ACID in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012