a colourless crystalline acid with a fruity taste, found in some plants and manufactured from benzene; trans-butenedioic acid: used esp in synthetic resins. Formula: HCOOCH:CHCOOH
Word origin
C19: from New Latin Fumāria name of genus, from Late Latin: fumitory, from Latin fūmus smoke
fumaric acid in American English
(fjuˈmærɪk)
a colorless, crystalline, unsaturated organic acid, HOOCCH:CHCOOH, occurring in various plants or produced synthetically from maleic acid: used in making resins, as a stabilizer for foods, etc.
Word origin
< ModL Fumaria, fumitory (< L fumarium: see fumarole) + -ic