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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crystalline organic acid, the trans-isomer of C4H4O4, found in various plants and produced synthetically and used mainly in resins, paints, varnishes, and inks, and as a flavoring and a mordant.
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- noun organic chemistry an
unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid , HOOCCH=CHCOOH, thegeometric isomer ofmaleic acid from which it may beprepared byheating ; it is found in manyplants , includingfungi andmosses , and isessential in thechemistry ofrespiration ; it has a number ofindustrial applications , and itsesters , thefumarates are used in thetreatment ofpsoriasis
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- noun a colorless crystalline acid with a fruity taste; used in making polyester resins
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Fūmāria, genus of herbaceous plants (from Late Latin fūmāria, fumitory, from Latin fūmus, smoke) + –ic.]
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