Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or derived from wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pine or its products; specifically, designating an acid called also
abeitic acid , which is the chief ingredient of common resin (obtained fromPinus sylvestris , and other species).
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Examples
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It was supposed to consist of picric and sylvic acids.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Various
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The most probable view is that it is the anhydride of sylvic acid, which is probably C20 H30 O2.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 Various
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