quinovic acid

noun

qui·​no·​vic acid

kwə̇ˈnōvik-

variants or less commonly quinovaic acid

¦kwinə-,

¦vāik-

or chinovic acid

kə̇ˈnōvik-

: a crystalline triterpene acid C₃₀H₄₆O₅ obtained by hydrolysis of quinovin

Word History

Etymology

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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