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noun
an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH3.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: carboxylic acid
History
Latin sorbum (“the rowan or serviceberry”).
Across languages
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