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A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)2, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ethanedioic acid
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acid
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
оксалова киселина
(oksalova kiselina)
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Catalan:
àcid oxàlic
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Chinese Mandarin:
草酸
(cǎosuān)
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Czech:
kyselina šťavelová
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Danish:
oxalsyre
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Dutch:
oxaalzuur
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Esperanto:
okzalacido
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Finnish:
oksaalihappo
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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French:
acide oxalique
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Galician:
ácido oxálico
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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German:
Oxalsäure
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Italian:
acido ossalico
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Japanese:
シュウ酸
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Norwegian Bokmål:
oksalsyre
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
oksalsyre
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Polish:
kwas szczawiowy
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Portuguese:
ácido oxálico
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Romanian:
acid oxalic
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Russian:
щаве́левая кислота́
(ščavélevaja kislotá)
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Spanish:
ácido oxálico
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Swedish:
oxalsyra
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Turkish:
oksalik asit
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Ukrainian:
щавле́ва кислота́
(ščavléva kyslotá)
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
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Welsh:
asid ocsalig
— the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)
