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picric acid definition

pic·ric acid (pik′rik)

a poisonous, yellow, crystalline, bitter acid, CH(NO)OH, used in making dyes and explosives and in analytical chemistry

Etymology: Fr picrique: see picro- & -ic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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