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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two geometric isomers of a corrosive organic acid, C4H6O2, used in the preparation of pharmaceuticals and resins.
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- noun organic chemistry An
unsaturated organic acid, CH3-CH=CH-COOH, found incroton oil and having manyindustrial uses ; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Croton, plant genus; see croton.]
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