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citric (adj.)
[citric 词源字典]
1800, from Modern Latin
citricum
(in
acidum citricum
"citric acid," discovered by Scheele in 1784; see
citrus
+
-ic
. The classical adjective was
citreus
.
[citric etymology, citric origin, 英语词源]