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MALEIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless crystalline compound found in unripe fruit (such as apples or tomatoes or cherries) and used mainly to make polyester resins
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("maleic acid" is a kind of...):
acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
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