Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous, colorless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C2H2O4, found in many plants, such as spinach, and used as a bleach and rust remover.
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- noun organic chemistry A
colourless ,crystalline dicarboxylic acid , (COOH)2, found inrhubarb ,spinach and otherplants , often ascrystals of thecalcium salt .
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- noun a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin oxalis, wood sorrel; see oxalis + –ic.]
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ruzuzu commented on the word oxalic acid
"Oxalic acid is rubbed onto completed marble sculptures to seal the surface and introduce a shine."
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April 7, 2017