juniperic acid

noun

ju·​ni·​per·​ic acid

¦jünə¦perik-

: a crystalline hydroxy acid HOCH₂(CH₂)₁₄COOH found in the waxy exudation from several conifers (as Juniperus sabina)

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary juniper- (from New Latin Juniperus, genus that produces it) + -ic

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