oxalic
adjUK /ɒkˈsælɪk/ · US /ɑkˈsælɪk/
Etymology Borrowed from French oxalique, from Oxalis (“the sorrel plant”).
1
Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
- If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink.1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 92:
- Derived terms
- desoxalic, hyperoxaluria, mesoxalic acid, nonoxalic, oxalamide, oxaldehyde, oxalemia, oxalethyline, oxalic anhydride, oxalyl