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

1 sense of maleic acid

Sense 1
maleic acid -- (a colorless crystalline compound found in unripe fruit (such as apples or tomatoes or cherries) and used mainly to make polyester resins)
       => 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)