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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ac·o·nit·ic a.
 1. Of or pertaining to aconite.
 2. Chem. Pert. to or designating a crystalline tribasic acid, C6H6O6, obtained from aconite and other plants. It is a carboxyl derivative of itaconic acid.  Both the natural forma from plants and the form prepared chemically have the trans-configuration.  It is used in the manufacture of itaconic acid (propylene dicarboxylic acid).
 Syn: -- 1-propene-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, equisetic acid, citridic acid, achilleic acid
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