oxalic 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

   Synonymsethanedioic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about oxalic acid

What does oxalic acid mean?

oxalic 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 oxalic acid?

Close synonyms include ethanedioic 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 oxalic acid a common word?

oxalic 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.