The Collaborative International Dictionary
Valeric \Va*ler"ic\, a. (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese.
Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
Wiktionary
a. (context organic chemistry English) Of, pertaining to, or derived from valeric acid
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Usage examples of "valeric".
If allowed to stand in a test tube, the odor of valeric aldehyde will first be noticed, then that of amyl valerate, and lastly that of valeric acid.
Maund, and test readers Valeric Gemmell, Edith Graham, Stella Graham, Stan Nicholls and Tom Taylor, whose advice throughout was invaluable.
For an instant he thought he was strutting on the Disco 2000 dance floor with the foxiest chick there-Dianna Valeric maybe-and the mirrored ball at the ceiling reflected a thousand different colors, all as electric-bright as exploding novas.