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quinic acid

[kwin-ik]
–noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, solid cyclic compound, C7H1 2O6, present in cinchona bark, coffee beans, and the leaves of many plants.


Origin:
1805–15; < Sp quin(a) quinine + -ic
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Main Entry: quin·ic acid
Pronunciation: "kwin-ik-, "kwIn-
Function: noun
: a crystalline acid C7H12O6 obtained fromcinchona bark, coffee beans, and other plant products and made synthetically by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid
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