Butyric
Bu·tyr·ic
Butyric
a.
- Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. (Chem.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Butyric acid
- C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.