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fumaric |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to or derived from fumitory ({Fumaria officinalis}). {Fumaric acid} (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, exttracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, {C2H2(CO2H)2}, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called {lichenic acid}.
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