stipitatic acid

noun

stip·​i·​tat·​ic acid

¦stipə¦tatik-

: a cream-colored solid acid (HO)₂C₇H₃OCOOH related to tropolone and formed from sugar as a metabolic product of a mold (Penicillium stipitatum); 3,6-dihydroxy-4-oxo-cyclo-hepta-triene-carboxylic acid

Word History

Etymology

stipitatic from New Latin stipitatum (specific epithet of Penicillium stipitatum) (neuter of stipitatus stipitate) + English -ic

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