carnaubic acid
noun
car·nau·bic acid
: a crystalline fatty acid that is found as esters and especially in carnauba wax and wool fat and that may be a mixture of acids
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary carnaubic (from carnauba + -ic) + acid; originally formed as German karnaubasäure
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