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tiglic(dictionary)
tiglic acid(medicine)

tiglic (iou)



tiglic adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin specific epithet of the tree Croton tiglium, whose seeds yield croton oil, from medieval Latin tiglium: see TILLY noun1, -IC.]
Chemistry. tiglic acid, an unsaturated acid isomeric with angelic acid, obtained from croton oil and an intermediate in the breakdown of isoleucine; 2-methyl-trans-but-2-enoic acid, C5H8O2.