violuric acid

English

Etymology

From violet and barbituric.

Noun

violuric acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A complex nitroso derivative of barbituric acid that forms characteristic yellow, blue, and violet salts

Related terms

• violurate

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “violuric acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)