Mandelic

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

  Mandelic \Man*del"ic\, a. [G. mandel almond.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde
     (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance; --
     called also phenyl glycolic acid.
     [1913 Webster]