释义 |
pu·ber·u·lic acid \-lik-\ noun Etymology: New Latin puberulum (specific epithet of Penicillium puberulum, from Latin puber grown up, adult, downy + -ulum, neuter of -ulus, diminutive suffix) + English -ic : a crystalline cyclic keto acid (HO)3(C7H2O)COOH related to tropolone that is a metabolic product of several molds of the genus Penicillium and that exhibits some germicidal activity against gram-positive bacteria |