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GLYCOLIC ACID

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Dictionary entry overview: What does glycolic acid mean?

• GLYCOLIC ACID (noun)
The noun GLYCOLIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes

Familiarity information: GLYCOLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GLYCOLIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A translucent crystalline compound found in sugar cane and sugar beets and unripe grapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

glycolic acid; glycollic acid; hydroxyacetic acid

Hypernyms ("glycolic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

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