oxalic

Borrowed from French oxalique, from Oxalis (“the sorrel plant”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒkˈsælɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑkˈsælɪk/

oxalic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to oxalic acid or its derivatives.
   • 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 92:

     If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink.

2. (medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to oxaluria.

Borrowed from French oxalique.

oxalic m or n (feminine singular oxalică, masculine plural oxalici, feminine and neuter plural oxalice)

1. oxalic