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A yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes etc.
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Abietic acid — Chembox new Name = Abietic acid [cite web url=http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=10569 title=ABIETIC ACID PubChem Public Chemical Database publisher=pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov accessdate=2008 05 16 last= first=] ImageFile =… … Wikipedia
abietic acid — /ab ee et ik, ab /, Chem. a yellow, crystalline, water insoluble acid, C20H30O2, obtained from the resin of a species of pine: used chiefly in driers, varnishes, and soaps. Also called sylvic acid. [1860 65; < L abiet (s. of abies) fir + IC] * *… … Universalium
abietic acid — abieto rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė C₁₉H₂₉COOH atitikmenys: angl. abietic acid rus. абиетиновая кислота … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
abietic acid — |abē|ed.ik noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary abiet , (from Latin abiet , abies silver fir) + ic : a colorless crystalline tricyclic acid C19H29COOH with two double bonds that constitutes the major component of rosin, that is… … Useful english dictionary
abietic acid — /æbiˌɛtɪk ˈæsəd/ (say abee.etik asuhd) noun a yellow crystalline acid, C19H29COOH, derived from the resin of a species of pine, used in dryers, varnishes, and soaps; sylvic acid. {stem of Latin abiēs fir + ic + acid1} …
Abietic — Ab i*et ic, a. Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abietic — abietic, a. Chem. (æbɪˈɛtɪk) [f. L. abiet em fir tree + ic.] Of or pertaining to fir. abietic acid, a monobasic acid, C20H30O2, which is the essential constituent of resin. Reader No. 86. 239/3 … Useful english dictionary
abietic — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees b) Of or pertaining to abietic acid or its derivatives … Wiktionary
Resin acid — Resin acids are protectants and wood preservatives that are produced by parenchymatous epithelial cells that surround the resin ducts in trees from temperate coniferous forests. The resin acids are formed when two and three carbon molecules… … Wikipedia
neoabietic acid — |nē(ˌ)ō+... noun Etymology: neoabietic from ne + abietic (in abietic acid) : a crystalline resin acid C19H29COOH that is isomeric with abietic acid and is found especially in oleoresins from pine trees … Useful english dictionary
