isovaleric acid
A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and…A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.
Origin
From iso- + valeric acid.From iso- + valeric acid.
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Synonyms
3 synonymsdelphinic acid3-methylbutyric acidisopentanoic acid
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedisovalerate
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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