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quinovic acid

noun
qui·​no·​vic acid | \ kwə̇ˈnōvik-\
variants: or less commonly quinovaic acid \ ¦kwinə-​ , ¦vāik-​ \ or chinovic acid \ kə̇ˈnōvik-​ \

Definition of quinovic acid

: a crystalline triterpene acid C30H46O5 obtained by hydrolysis of quinovin

History and Etymology for quinovic acid

International Scientific Vocabulary quinov-, quinova-, chinov- (contraction of New Latin quina nova, china nova, tree whose bark yields quinovin, from quina, china + nova, feminine of Latin novus new) + -ic; originally formed as French kinovique

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