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

1 sense of itaconic acid

Sense 1
itaconic acid -- (a crystalline carboxylic acid; occurs in some fermentations of sugars)
       => 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)