"sorbic acid" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Latin sorbum (“the rowan or serviceberry”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sorbum||the rowan or serviceberry}} Latin sorbum (“the rowan or serviceberry”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} sorbic acid (uncountable)
  1. (organic chemistry) an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative Tags: uncountable Synonyms: E200 when used as a preservative Derived forms: hydrosorbic acid, parasorbic acid, sorbate Translations (sorbic acid): àcid sòrbic [masculine] (Catalan), 山梨酸 (shānlísuān) (Chinese Mandarin), sorbiinhape (Estonian), Sorbinsäure [feminine] (German), sorbinsyre [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sorbinsyre [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ácido sórbico [masculine] (Spanish), sorbinsyra [common-gender] (Swedish)
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