Found 2 items, similar to butyric acid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: butyric acid butyric acid n : an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter [syn: butanoic acid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Butyric acid Butyric \Bu*tyr"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. [1913 Webster] Butyric acid, C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter. [1913 Webster]