ben·zo·ic acid 
(bĕn-zōĭk)
(bĕn-zōĭk)n.
An aromatic white crystalline acid, C7H6O2, used as a food preservative and in dentifrices, germicides, and the manufacturing and processing of dyes.
[From BENZOIN.]
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