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benzoic
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Benzoic \Ben*zo"ic\ (b[e^]n*z[=o]"[i^]k), a. [Cf. F. benzo["i]que.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. Benzoic acid , or flowers of benzoin , a peculiar vegetable acid, C6H5.CO2H , obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. 2 (context organic chemistry English) Derived from benzoic acid or its derivatives.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1791, from benzoin + -ic .
Usage examples of benzoic.
The sweet perfume is due chiefly to benzoic acid, such as is used for making scented pastilles, or Ribbon of Bruges for fumigation.
As it contains no benzoic acid, it cannot properly be called a resin.
Many of the poisonous acids, such as hydriodic, benzoic, hippuric, and carbolic (but I neglected to record all the cases), caused the secretion of an extraordinary amount of mucus, so that long ropes of this matter hung from the leaves when they were lifted out of the solutions.