Sorbic Acid Definition
sôrbĭk
noun
A white, crystalline solid, CH3CH:CHCH:CHCOOH, isolated from the berries of mountain ash or made synthetically: used in drying oils, and as a food preservative, fungicide, etc.
Webster's New World
Origin of Sorbic Acid
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Latin sorbum, the rowan or serviceberry
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From sorb
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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