Tiglic

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

  Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.)
     Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C4H7CO2H}
     (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic
     acid, and obtained from croton oil (from {Croton Tiglium}) as
     a white crystalline substance.
     [1913 Webster]