Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C8H14O4, used in the manufacture of plastics.
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- noun chemistry an
aliphatic dicarboxylic acid , (CH2)6(COOH)2, obtained fromcork ; used in themanufacture ofplastics
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- noun a dicarboxylic acid found in cork
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French subérique, from Latin sūber, cork.]
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