Webster 1913 Edition
Xylate
Xy′late
,
(Chem.)
A salt of xylic acid.
Definition 2025
xylate
xylate
English
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.
