Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alginic_acid

1 sense of alginic acid

Sense 1
algin, alginic acid -- (a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier)
       => gum -- (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)