oxalic adjective.
[ɒk'salɪk] L18.[French oxalique from Latin OXALIS: see -IC.]Chemistry.
oxalic acid, a poisonous and intensely sour dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)
2, which occurs in wood sorrel and rhubarb and whose uses include bleaching and cleansing; ethanedioic acid.
■ 'oxalate noun & verb (a) noun a salt or ester of oxalic acid;
(b) verb trans. (
Medicine) add an oxalate to (blood) to prevent coagulation:
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