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oxalate

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(äk′sə lāt′)

noun

a salt of oxalic acid containing the divalent, negative radical (COO)
an uncharged ester of this acid

Origin: Fr: see oxalic acid & -ate

See oxalate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A salt or an ester of oxalic acid.

transitive verb ox·a·lat·ed, ox·a·lat·ing, ox·a·lates

To treat (a specimen) with an oxalate or oxalic acid.

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Origin: oxal(ic acid)

Origin: + -ate²

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