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CARBOXYL GROUP
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
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Hypernyms ("carboxyl group" is a kind of...):
chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)