ruberythric acid
noun
rub·eryth·ric acid
¦rübə¦rithrik-
: a yellow crystalline acidic glycoside C25H26O13 occurring in madder root and yielding alizarin and primeverose on hydrolysis
Word History
Etymology
ruberythric International Scientific Vocabulary rub- (from New Latin Rubia) + erythr- + -ic
First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above