| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| erucic acid |
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| SYLLABICATION: | e·ru·cic acid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -r  sk |
| NOUN: | A fatty acid, C22H42O2, making up 40 to 50 percent of the total fatty acid in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin  r ca, cabbage genus, from Latin  rca, rocket, cabbage.
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