Of or relating to aconite. Chiefly in "aconitic acid"noun Chemistry. a crystalline tricarboxylic acid existing in monkshood, larkspur, and other plants, and also obtained by heating citric acid.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From aconite + -ic, after German Aconitsäure aconitic acid. Compare ancient Greek ἀκονιτικός made of aconite.
Definition of aconitic in US English:
aconitic
adjectiveˌakəˈnɪtɪk
Of or relating to aconite. Chiefly in "aconitic acid"noun Chemistry. a crystalline tricarboxylic acid existing in monkshood, larkspur, and other plants, and also obtained by heating citric acid.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From aconite + -ic, after German Aconitsäure aconitic acid. Compare ancient Greek ἀκονιτικός made of aconite.