Butyric

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  • adjective. Relating to, containing, or derived from butter.
  • adjective. Relating to or derived from butyric acid.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or derived from butter.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.
  • adjective. C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C3H7CO2-
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or producing butyric acid
  • Word Usage
    "The Japanese fisheries agency said activists on Thursday obstructed Japanese whaling in the Antarctic by throwing bottles of what it described as butyric acid onto whaling ships, as well as flashing laser lights and using water cannon."
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