ethanedioic acid

1. 1.

   a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis

   Synonymsoxalic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about ethanedioic acid

What does ethanedioic acid mean?

ethanedioic acid means "a toxic colorless crystalline organic acid found in oxalis and other plants; used as a bleach and rust remover and in chemical analysis".

What is another word for ethanedioic acid?

Close synonyms include oxalic acid. 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 ethanedioic acid a common word?

ethanedioic 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.