sor·bic acid (sôr′bik)
noun
a white, crystalline solid, CHCH:CHCH:CHCOOH, isolated from the berries of mountain ash or made synthetically: used in drying oils, and as a food preservative, fungicide, etc.
Etymology: sorb + -ic
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