Oxalic
[ok-sal-ik] /ɒkˈsæl ɪk/
adjective, Chemistry.
1.
of or derived from .
adj.
1791, from French oxalique (1787, Lavoisier), from Latin oxalis “sorrel,” from Greek oxalis, from oxys “sharp” (see acrid). So called because it occurs in sorrel.
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