oxalate

(äksə lāt′)

noun

  1. a salt of oxalic acid containing the divalent, negative radical (COO)
  2. 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.

Origin:

Origin: oxal(ic acid)

Origin: + -ate2

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