quinovic acid
noun
qui·no·vic acid
\kwə̇ˈnōvik-\
variants: less commonly
quinovaic acid
\¦kwinə-, ¦vāik-\ orchinovic acid
\kə̇ˈnōvik-\Definition of quinovic acid
: a crystalline triterpene acid C30H46O5 obtained by hydrolysis of quinovin
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Origin and Etymology of quinovic acid
International Scientific Vocabulary quinov-, quinova-, chinov- (contraction of New Latin quina nova, china nova, tree whose bark yields quinovin, from quina, china + nova, feminine of Latin novus new) + -ic; originally formed as French kinovique — more at new
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