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Meaning of 'carboxyl' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Carboxyl [ n.]
- The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

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