the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.
adjective.
an organic acid, C3H4OH.(CO2H)3, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberries, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.
adjective.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon.
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adjective.
of or related to citric acid
Word Usage
"He next, by the aid of the same manual, prepared a mixture which he called citric acid, though any other name would have suited it equally well; and of this, as neither he nor anybody else had any use for it, he daily produced large quantities."