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quinic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quinic acid
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quinic acids (plural) kinic acid (alternative)

Derived Forms

quinate quinone

Phrases

dehydroquinic acid

Questions

What does quinic acid mean?
A white crystalline acid, tetrahydroxy-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, obtained from cinchona bark, coffee beans and yerba mate; used as an astringent, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals
Where does quinic acid come from?
From Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is obtained), from Quechua kina.

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