"oxalic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} oxalic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt. Wikipedia link: oxalic acid Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Carboxylic acids Synonyms: acid of sugar [obsolete], ethandioic acid Derived forms: oxalate Translations (the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)): оксалова киселина (oksalova kiselina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), àcid oxàlic [masculine] (Catalan), 草酸 (cǎosuān) (Chinese Mandarin), kyselina šťavelová [feminine] (Czech), oxalsyre [common-gender] (Danish), oxaalzuur [neuter] (Dutch), okzalacido (Esperanto), oksaalihappo (Finnish), acide oxalique [masculine] (French), ácido oxálico [masculine] (Galician), Oxalsäure [feminine] (German), acido ossalico [masculine] (Italian), シュウ酸 (alt: 蓚酸, シュウさん, shūsan) (Japanese), oksalsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oksalsyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kwas szczawiowy [masculine] (Polish), ácido oxálico [masculine] (Portuguese), acid oxalic [masculine] (Romanian), щаве́левая кислота́ (ščavélevaja kislotá) [feminine] (Russian), ácido oxálico [masculine] (Spanish), oxalsyra [common-gender] (Swedish), oksalik asit (Turkish), asid ocsalig [masculine] (Welsh)
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