Maleic

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

  Maleic \Ma*le"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mal['e]ique. See {Malic}.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the ethylene series
     (maleic acid), metameric with fumaric acid and obtained by
     heating malic acid.
     [1913 Webster]