erucicacid

e·ru·cic acid (ĭ-ro͞oʹsĭk) n.

A fatty acid, C₂₂H₄₂O₂, making up 40 to 50 percent of the total fatty acid in rapeseed, wallflower seed, and mustard seed.

  [From New Latin Ērūca, cabbage genus, from Latin ērūca, rocket, cabbage.]

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