hordeic acid

== English == === Etymology === From Latin hordeum (“barley”). === Noun === hordeic acid (uncountable) (organic chemistry) An acid derived from barley (Hordeum spp.), possibly identical with lauric acid. === References === “hordeic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.