ruberythric acid

noun

rub·​eryth·​ric acid

¦rübə¦rithrik-

: a yellow crystalline acidic glycoside C₂₅H₂₆O₁₃ occurring in madder root and yielding alizarin and primeverose on hydrolysis

Word History

Etymology

ruberythric International Scientific Vocabulary rub- (from New Latin Rubia) + erythr- + -ic

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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