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.

Synonyms

• acid of sugar (obsolete)
• ethandioic acid

Derived terms

• oxalate

Translations

the dicarboxylic acid (ethandioic acid)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草酸 (zh) (cǎosuān)

• Czech: kyselina šťavelová f
• Esperanto: okzalacido
• Finnish: oksaalihappo (fi)
• French: acide oxalique (fr) m
• German: Oxalsäure (de) f
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• Japanese: シュウ酸 (ja) (蓚酸, シュウさん, shūsan)
• Norwegian: oksalsyre f
• Polish: kwas szczawiowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido oxálico m
• Russian: щаве́левая кислота́ (ru) f (ščavélevaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido oxálico m
• Swedish: oxalsyra (sv) c