butyric

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

bu=tyr=ic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective butyric has 1 sense

butyric(a = adj.pert) - relating to or producing butyric acid;

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CIDE DICTIONARY

butyric, a.

Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. [1913 Webster]

Butyric acid, C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.