資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria
officinalis}).
{Fumaric acid} (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid,
exttracted from fumitory as a white crystallline
substance, {C2H2(CO2H)2}, and produced artificially in
many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic
acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and
hence was also called {lichenic acid}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Fumaria officinalis
n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of
purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: {fumitory},
{fumewort}, {fumeroot}]