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erucic

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A fatty acid in some plant oils like mustard and rapeseed

noun
/ɪˈruːsɪk/

Specialized

: ácido erúcico

The oil contains high levels of erucic acid.

Examples

Regulations limit the amount of erucic allowed in edible oils for safety reasons.
Scientists are studying the health effects of consuming high levels of erucic in certain foods.
The nutrition label listed the percentage of erucic in the canola oil.
Many studies focus on erucic acid's health effects.
The nutrition label listed the percentage of erucic in the canola oil.
Regulations limit the amount of erucic allowed in edible oils for safety reasons.
Scientists are studying the health effects of consuming high levels of erucic in certain foods.

Surface Forms

erucic singular

erucics plural

Morphology

erucic = eruc + ic

Denotes the chemical (erucic acid); formed from the specialized combining form 'eruc-' plus '-ic', so morphology is regular but domain-specific and may not be obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Erucic comes from the Latin name eruca, meaning 'mustard', because the acid was first found in mustard and rapeseed plants. The name erucic therefore refers to that particular fat in those plant oils.