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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting an acid, a colorless compound, C12H24O2, prepared by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on barley. It crystallizes in plates, molting at 60° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, barley.

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