n. - The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and
characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic,
acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
n. - The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and
characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic,
acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.