oxalic acid

English

Noun

oxalic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.

Synonyms

acid of sugar (obsolete)
ethandioic acid

Derived terms

oxalate

Translations

the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 草酸 (zh) (cǎosuān)
Czech: kyselina šťavelová f
Esperanto: okzalacido
Finnish: oksaalihappo (fi)
French: acide oxalique (fr) m
German: Oxalsäure (de) f

Japanese: シュウ酸 (蓚酸, シュウさん, shūsan)
Norwegian: oksalsyre f
Polish: kwas szczawiowy (pl) m
Portuguese: ácido oxálico m
Russian: щаве́левая кислота́ (ru) f (ščavélevaja kislotá)
Spanish: ácido oxálico m
Swedish: oxalsyra (sv) c

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