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noun
Any salt or ester of geranic acid or geranylic acid
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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verb
To introduce a geranyl group into a molecule
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
From geranylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Etymology tree English geranylic acid Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English geranylate From geranylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
