erucic acid

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e·ru·cic acid

(ĭ-ro͞o′sĭk)

A monounsaturated fatty acid, C₂₂H₄₂O₂, making up 40 to 50 percent of the total fatty acid in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed, used in manufacturing cosmetics and photographic emulsions and films and as a lubricant.

[From New Latin Ērūca, arugula genus (from the fact that erucic acid is generally abundant in oil from the seeds of members of the mustard family such as arugula), from Latin ērūca, arugula.]

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erucic acid

(ɪˈruːsɪk)

(Plants) a crystalline fatty acid derived from the oils of rapeseed, mustard seed, and wallflower seed

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e•ru′cic ac′id

(ɪˈru sɪk)
n.

a solid fatty acid, a homologue of oleic acid, derived from oils of mustard seed and rapeseed.

[1865–70; < New Latin Eruc(a) the rocket genus (Latin ērūca; compare rocket ²) + -ic]

Translations

Erucasäure

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