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MALEIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maleic acid mean? 

MALEIC ACID (noun)
  The noun MALEIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline compound found in unripe fruit (such as apples or tomatoes or cherries) and used mainly to make polyester resinsplay

  Familiarity information: MALEIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALEIC ACID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline compound found in unripe fruit (such as apples or tomatoes or cherries) and used mainly to make polyester resins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("maleic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)


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