| NOUN | substance | formic acid | a colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam |
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| Meaning | A colorless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants. | |
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| Broader | acid | Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt |
| Spanish | ácido fórmico | |
| Catalan | àcid fòrmic | |
| Adjectives | formic | of or containing or derived from formic acid |
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