(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:48:05

Ru"tic (?), a. [Cf. Rutaceous.] Chem.

pertaining to, or obtained from, rue (Ruta); as, rutic acid, now commonly called capric acid.

 

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