Definition of Suberic

1. a. Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C6H12.(CO2H)2, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance.

Definition of Suberic

1. Adjective. (dated) Of or relating to the layer of cells in trees just below the epidermis ¹

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Definition of Suberic

1. pertaining to cork [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suberic

subepidermal
subepiglottic
subepithelia
subepithelial
subepithelium
subepoch
subepochs
subequal
subequation
subequations
subequatorial
suber
suberate
suberates
suberect
suberic (current term)
suberic acid
suberin
suberins
suberise
suberised
suberises
suberising
suberization
suberizations
suberize
suberized
suberizes
suberizing
suberone

Literary usage of Suberic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"suberic acid is not crystallizable, but it may be produced in the solid form of a ... METHOD OF OBTAINING suberic ACID. Introduce one part of cork cut into ..."

2. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"COOH, which is called suberic acid in England and ... -suberic acid was discovered by Wohlgemuth on hydro- ..."

3. A System of Chemistry for the Use of Students of Medicine by Franklin Bache (1819)
"As the concentration proceeds, a powder falb, which, after being washed with cold water, is pure suberic acid. This acid was discovered, in 1787, ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"suberic acid forms small, hard, granular crystals, soluble in about 2 parts of boiling ... suberic acid is formed by the action of nitric acid on fats, ..."

5. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: Theoretical and by George Fownes (1863)
"suberic acid has long been known as a product of the oxidation of cork by ... suberic acid is a white crystalline powder, sparingly soluble in culd water, ..."

6. A Manual of elementary chemistry by George Fownes (1866)
"suberic acid has long been known as a product of the oxidation of cork by nitric acid ; succinte ... Sebacic acid is composed of Capillo,,:! 110. suberic ..."

7. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"It is easily obtained by boiling stearic acid with nitric acid for some days; upon concentrating the liquid it deposits crystals of suberic acid, ..."

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