aconitic

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[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- Of or relating to aconite. Chiefly in "aconitic acid" noun Chemistry a crystalline tricarboxylic acid existing in monkshood, larkspur, and other plants, and also obtained by heating citric acid.


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Origin:
mid 19th century. From aconite + -ic, after German Aconitsäure aconitic acid




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