Ascorbic Acid Definition
ə-skôrbĭk
noun
A white, crystalline vitamin, C6 H8 O6 , found in citrus fruits, tomatoes, potatoes, and leafy green vegetables and used to prevent scurvy.
American Heritage
A colorless, crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C6H8O6, found in many foods, esp. citrus fruits, vegetables, and rose hips, and also made synthetically; vitamin C: it is required for proper nutrition and metabolism, and a deficiency produces scurvy.
Webster's New World
A water-soluble vitamin, C6 H8 O6 , found in fruits, potatoes, peppers, and leafy green vegetables or produced synthetically. A deficiency of ascorbic acid causes scurvy.
American Heritage Medicine
(chemistry) A white crystalline organic compound, C6H8O6, found in citrus fruits and many vegetables; it is an antioxidant and an efficient scavenger of free radicals.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ascorbic Acid
a– scorb(ut)ic
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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