VULPINIC ACID


Meaning of VULPINIC ACID in English

|vəl|pinik- noun

or vul·pic acid ˈvəlpik-

Etymology: vulpinic International Scientific Vocabulary vulpin- (from New Latin vulpina — specific epithet of Cetraria vulpina — , from feminine of Latin vulpinus vulpine) + -ic; vulpic from New Latin vulp ina + English -ic

: a yellow crystalline compound C 19 H 14 O 5 occurring in various lichens (as Cetraria vulpina ) and also made synthetically : the methyl ester of pulvinic acid

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