tartronic acid
noun
tar·tron·ic acid
(ˈ)tär‧¦tränik-
: a crystalline hydroxy acid HOCH(COOH)2 obtained by reducing mesoxalic acid and by hydrolysis of bromo-malonic acid; hydroxy-malonic acid
Word History
Etymology
French tartronique, from tartr- + -onique (as in malonique malonic)