Term: salicylic acid: a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: heterosis: (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: remainder: the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: sacrum: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: ptomaine: a term for food poisoning that is no longer in scientific use; food poisoning was once thought to be caused by ingesting ptomaines
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: chert: variety of silica containing microcrystalline quartz
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: eleutherodactylus: completely terrestrial robber frogs
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: linecut: engraving consisting of a block that has been etched or engraved
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: narthecium: bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: sailor's-choice: a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
Broader: hydroxy acid: any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself | Unrelated: cordia: tropical deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs of the family Boraginaceae