aconitic acid
noun
ac·o·nit·ic acid
| \ ˌak-ə-ˌnit-ik-
\
\
Medical Definition of aconitic acid
: a white crystalline acid C3H3(COOH)3 that occurs in aconite, sugarcane, and beet roots and is obtained as a by-product in sugar manufacture or by dehydration of citric acid by sulfuric acid