Hordeic

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

  Hordeic \Hor*de"ic\, a. [L. hordeum barley.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or derived from, barley; as, hordeic acid, an
     acid identical or isomeric with lauric acid.
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