theobromic acid

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Theobroma +‎ -ic + acid. === Noun === theobromic acid (uncountable) (obsolete, chemistry) An acid supposedly extracted from cocoa butter, peanut oil, etc. as a white waxy crystalline substance. Its existence has been doubted. === References === “theobromic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.