- thapsic
- thap·sic
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thapsic
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thapsic acid — ˈthapsik noun Etymology: New Latin Thapsia (genus name of the deadly carrot Thapsia garganica) + English ic : a crystalline dicarboxylic acid HOOC(CH2)14COOH found in the roots of the deadly carrot and the wax of a juniper (Juniperus sabina);… … Useful english dictionary
Dicarboxylic acid — Dicarboxylic acids are organic compounds that contain two carboxylic acid functional groups. In molecular formulae for dicarboxylic acids, these groups are often written as HOOC R COOH, where R may be an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl group.… … Wikipedia
