xylate
English
Etymology
xylic + -ate
Noun
xylate (plural xylates)
- (organic chemistry, dated) Any salt or ester of xylic acid.
- 1878, George Fownes, Elementary chemistry, theoretical and practical
- The xylic and paraxylic acids are separated by the different solubility of their calcium salts, the xylate being the more soluble of the two.
- 1878, George Fownes, Elementary chemistry, theoretical and practical