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benzoic, a. Chem.|bɛnˈzəʊɪk|
[f. benzo-in + -ic. (The first of the chemical terms so formed.)]
Of or derived from benzoin; as benzoic acid, C7H6O2 (= C6H5.CO.OH), a monobasic acid of the Aromatic series, existing in large quantity in gum benzoin, from which it was at first prepared.
1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. i. v. 85 Benzoic acid, or salt of benzoin. 1819J. G. Children Chem. Anal. 274 Benzoic acid, formed from gum benzoin, is solid, white, and slightly ductile..it crystallizes in long white opaque prisms, with a satiny lustre. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 303 The fragrance of some grasses..depends, according to Vögel, upon the presence of Benzoic acid. |