SORBIC ACID


Meaning of SORBIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsȯr-bik- ]

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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