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Answer for the clue "Ester of acid in apples ", 6 letters:
malate

Word definitions for malate in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic chemistry English) A salt or ester of malic acid

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malate \Ma"late\, n. [L. malum apple: cf. F. malate. See Malic .] (Chem.) A salt of malic acid.

Usage examples of malate.

Besides containing the volatile oil, Aniseed yields phosphates, malates, gum, and a resin.

Chemically the flowers contain a yellow, odorous, buttery oil, with tannin, and malates of potash and lime, whilst the berries furnish viburnic acid.

Even over the whirring hum of the centrifuge Ilona Malater could hear the argument among the geologists growing into vehemence.