xylic-acid

xylic acid

[zahy-lik, zil-ik]
noun Chemistry.
any of six colorless, crystalline, isomeric acids having the formula C 9 H 10 O 2 , derived from xylene.

Origin:
1870–75; xyl(ene) + -ic

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