| 释义 |
† virˈginic, a. Chem. Obs.
Also virgineic.
[f. Virgin-ian a.1 + -ic.]
virginic acid, an acid obtained from the fat-oil of Virginian snake-root.
1837R. D. Thomson in Brit. Ann. 350 Virginic acid... Quevenne considers the whole of the oil to constitute the acid to which he has applied a name from Virginia, from whence the plant was originally sent by Dr. Tennant..in 1738. 1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1002. |