ascorbic acid

1. 1.

   a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy

   Synonymsvitamin CC

   Broaderwater-soluble vitaminantioxidant

Questions about ascorbic acid

What does ascorbic acid mean?

ascorbic acid means "a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits) and vegetables; prevents scurvy".

What is another word for ascorbic acid?

Close synonyms include vitamin C, C. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ascorbic acid a common word?

ascorbic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.