Glycolic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glycolic \Gly*col"ic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether;
     glycolic acid.
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     {Glycolic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, found naturally in


        unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape
        ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), and produced artificially in
        many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, -- whence its
        name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance,
        {HO.CH2.CO2H}, has the properties both of an alcohol and
        an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids; -- called
        also {hydroxyacetic acid}.
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