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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5. (CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, C3H5. (CO2H)3 occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance.