agaric acid

noun

variants or agaricic acid

¦a-gə-¦ri-sik-

1

: a white powdery tribasic acid C₂₂H₄₀O₇ constituting the active principle of agaric

called also agaricinic acid

2

: agarinic acid

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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