See Also: sorbic(medicine)
sorbic(dictionary)
sorbic acid(medicine)

sorbic (iou)



sorbic adjective. E19.
[formed as SORB noun1 + -IC.]
Chemistry. sorbic acid, a weak carboxylic acid originally obtained from the berries of mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia, and used as a fungicide, food preservative, and in synthetic coatings etc.; 2,4-hexadienoic acid, CH3CHCHCHCHCOOH.
sorbate noun2 a salt or ester of sorbic acid E19.