| picric | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline substance, C6H2(NO2)3.OH. It is used in dyeing silk and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as it is very unstable when heated. Synonym: trinitrophenol, and formerly carbazotic acid. Origin: Gr. Bitter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| picric acid | C6H2(NO2)3OH; 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol;has been used as an application in burns, eczema, erysipelas, and pruritus. Synonym: carbazotic acid, nitroxanthic acid. Origin: G. Pikros, bitter (05 Mar 2000) |