Found 2 items, similar to Fumaric acid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fumaric acid fumaric acid n : a colorless crystalline acid with a fruity taste; used in making polyester resins
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fumaric acid Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis ). [1913 Webster] Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid. [1913 Webster]