Carboxylic

2 definitions found

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

  carboxylic \car`box*yl"ic\ (k[aum]r`b[o^]ks*[i^]l"[i^]k), adj.
     (Chem.)
     of or pertaining to the {carboxyl group}; having a carboxyl
     group (written {-COOH}, {-CO2H} or {-CO.OH}); as, carboxylic
     acids are weakly acidic.
  


     Syn: carboxyl.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  carboxylic
       adj : relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl
             radical [syn: {carboxyl}]