oxalic acid
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink."