Pyromucic

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

  Pyromucic \Pyr`o*mu"cic\, a. [Pyro- + mucic.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid obtained
     as a white crystalline substance by the distillation of mucic
     acid, or by the oxidation of furfurol.
     [1913 Webster]