Picrate


[pik-reyt] /ˈpɪk reɪt/

noun, Chemistry.
1.
a salt or ester of .
/ˈpɪkreɪt/
noun
1.
any salt or ester of picric acid, such as sodium picrate
2.
a charge-transfer complex formed by picric acid

picrate pic·rate (pĭk’rāt’)
n.
A salt or an ester of picric acid.

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