oxalic acid

English

Noun

oxalic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt.
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 92:

     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.

Synonyms

• acid of sugar (obsolete)
• ethandioic acid

Derived terms

• oxalate

Translations

the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)

• Bulgarian: оксалова киселина f (oksalova kiselina)
• Catalan: àcid oxàlic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草酸 (zh) (cǎosuān)

• Czech: kyselina šťavelová f
• Danish: oxalsyre c
• Dutch: oxaalzuur (nl) n
• Esperanto: okzalacido
• Finnish: oksaalihappo (fi)
• French: acide oxalique (fr) m
• Galician: ácido oxálico m
• German: Oxalsäure (de) f
• Italian: acido ossalico (it) m
• Japanese: シュウ酸 (ja) (蓚酸, シュウさん, shūsan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oksalsyre m or f

  Nynorsk: oksalsyre f

• Polish: kwas szczawiowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido oxálico m
• Romanian: acid oxalic (ro) m
• Russian: щаве́левая кислота́ (ru) f (ščavélevaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido oxálico m
• Swedish: oxalsyra (sv) c
• Turkish: oksalik asit (tr)
• Welsh: asid ocsalig m