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Definition of: oxalic acid
Chem.
A white, crystalline, poisonous compound, C2H2O4, ·2H2O, found extensively in plant tissues as oxalates, and made artificially in various ways, as by decomposing sugar with nitric acid: used in bleaching and in dyeing, and for removing ink stains from paper, linen, etc.
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