Fumaric /(?)/

Fu·mar·ic

Fumaric

a.
  1. Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis). (Chem.)

Phrases & Compounds
Fumaric acid
a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid.