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Crotonic

Cro-ton′ic

(kr?-t?n′?k)
,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus
Croton
, or from croton oil.
Crotonic acid
(Chem.)
,
a white crystalline organic acid,
C3H5.CO2H
, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper.
☞ The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or tiglinic acid, a derivative of
crotonic acid
.

Definition 2024


crotonic

crotonic

English

Adjective

crotonic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to crotonic acid or its derivatives