Ox`y*ben*zo"ic (?), a. [Oxy- (b) + benzoic.] Chem.
Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.
© Webster 1913.
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