violuric acid
English
Etymology
From violet and barbituric.
Noun
violuric acid (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid that forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 violuric acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)