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  1. n. chemistry one of the isomeric dicarboxylic acids produced by the distillation of citric acid, or as metabolites by microorganisms, CH2=C(CO2H)-CH2CO2H

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Chem.) The unsaturated dicarboxylic acid CH2=C(COOH)CH2.COOH, also called methylenesuccynic acid and propylene dicarboxylic acid.

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  1. n. a crystalline carboxylic acid; occurs in some fermentations of sugars

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  1. Derived from an anagram of aconitic. (Wiktionary)

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  1. aconitic
  1. muconic
  1. itadibrompyrotartaric
  1. pyrocitric
  1. paraconic
  1. glutaconic

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