theobromic acid

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What does theobromic acid mean?

An acid supposedly extracted from cocoa butter, peanut oil, etc. as a white waxy crystalline substance. Its existence has been doubted.

Where does theobromic acid come from?

From translingual Theobroma + -ic + acid.

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