esculic acid

English

Etymology

Latin aesculus, generic name of the horse-chestnut, from Latin aesculus a kind of oak.

Noun

esculic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) An acid obtained from the horse-chestnut

Translations

French: acide esculique m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for esculic acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)