# pinic acid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A dicarboxylic acid and recognized as an oxidation product of α-pinene, a common terpene found in pine resin.
2. An acid which is the chief constituent of common resin.

## Etymology
From Latin pinus (“pine”).

## Source
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