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ferulic acid

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fe⋅ru⋅lic ac⋅id

[fuh-roo-lik]
–noun Chemistry.
a compound, C10H10O4, found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.

Origin:
1875–80; ferul(a) + -ic
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fe·ru·lic acid   (fə-rōō'lĭk)   
n.  A compound, C10H10O4, related to vanillin and obtained from certain plants.

[From New Latin Ferula, plant genus, from Latin ferula, giant fennel.]
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