xylate

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English

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Etymology

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From xylic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

Noun

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xylate (plural xylates)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) Any salt or ester of xylic acid.
    • 1878, George Fownes, Elementary chemistry, theoretical and practical:
      The xylic and paraxylic acids are separated by the different solubility of their calcium salts, the xylate being the more soluble of the two.
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