nebraskanic
adjective · first attested 2018
An adjective that exists for exactly one molecule, carrying the name of the state where it was identified.
Used only in nebraskanic acid, an unusual dihydroxy fatty acid from the seed oil of Orychophragmus violaceus.
41.5000°N -100.0000°W · Q1553
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 2018
- Part of speech
- adjective
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- Step 1
Nebraska
- In English
nebraskanic
Nebraskanic acid, twenty-four carbons long with two hydroxyl groups, was described in 2018 alongside wuhanic acid by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan. The plant is a Chinese mustard relative grown as an ornamental. Interest in the oil is industrial: hydroxy fatty acids of this kind behave like the ricinoleic acid of castor oil, which is used in lubricants and coatings.