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Meaning of BUTYRIC

Pronunciation:  byoo'tirik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  relating to or producing butyric acid
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bu*tyr"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, butter.
{Butyric acid}, {C3H7.CO2H}, an acid found in butter; an
   oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and
   an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of
   ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in
   distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal
   butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.
 

 

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