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Fumaric
Fu-mar′ic
,Adj.
(Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (
Fumaria officinalis
). Fumaric acid
(Chem.)
, a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance,
C2H2(CO2H)2
, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid
.