frangulic acid

English

Alternative forms

• frangulinic acid

Noun

frangulic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance resembling alizarin, obtained by the decomposition of frangulin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “frangulic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)