Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Succinic

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Succinic


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(a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C/H/.(CO/H)/, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.