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Meaning of xeronate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any salt of xeronic acid.

dated, no-plural

Examples

“When dissolved in ammonia, and calcium chloride added, a crystalline precipitate is formed of calcium xeronate, C₈H₁₀O₄Ca + H₂O, and this when treated with hydrochloric acid does not yield xeronic acid, but is transformed again into the anhydride.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

xeronic acid xerophage xerophagia Xerophagy xerophil Xerophile