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Succinic   Listen
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Succinic  adj.  (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.






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... main products of glucose by fermentation, namely, alcohol and carbonic acid gas, there are glycerine and succinic acid, as well as a lesser proportion of other derivatives, very much akin to alcohol. Of all these glycerine is by no means unimportant, as it confers a blandness or mellowness upon the wine. The succinic acid, also, is distinctive for this reason, that ...
— The Art of Living in Australia • Philip E. Muskett (?-1909)



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