'Fumaric' definitions:
Definition of 'Fumaric'
From: GCIDE
- Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria officinalis}). [1913 Webster]
- Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'fumaric'
From: GCIDE
- Paramaleic \Par`a*ma*le"ic\, a. [Pref. para- + maleic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called fumaric acid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]