HYDROCYANIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrocyanic acid mean? 

• HYDROCYANIC ACID (noun)
  The noun HYDROCYANIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCYANIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydrocyanic acid; prussic acid

Hypernyms ("hydrocyanic 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)

 Context examples 

Amygdalin is converted by plant emulsin (a combination of a glucosidase and a nitrilase) or hydrochloric acid into benzaldehyde, D-glucose, and hydrocyanic acid.

(Amygdalin, NCI Thesaurus)