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Webster 1913 Edition


Fumaric

Fu-mar′ic

,
Adj.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (
Fumaria officinalis
).
Fumaric acid
(Chem.)
,
a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
C2H2(CO2H)2
, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called
lichenic acid
.

Definition 2024


fumaric

fumaric

English

Adjective

fumaric (comparative more fumaric, superlative most fumaric)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from fumitory
  2. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to fumaric acid or its derivatives