pyrotritaric acid
noun
py·ro·tri·tar·ic acid
¦pīrō¦trī¦tarik-
variants or less commonly pyrotritartaric acid
-īˌtär¦tarik-
: a crystalline acid (C6H7O)COOH formed especially by heating tartaric acid; 2,5-dimethyl-3-furoic acid
Word History
Etymology
pyrotritaric International Scientific Vocabulary pyr- + tri- + tartaric; pyrotritartaric from pyr- + tri- + tartaric