/kap"rik/
a white crystalline organic acid with an unpleasant odor, C 10 H 20 O 2 , found as a glyceride in goat fat: the esters are used in perfumes and flavors. Also called decanoic acid, decoic acid, decylic acid .
[ 1830-40; capr-, s. of caper goat (see CAPER 1 ) + -IC ]